Nashville Power Poll Gives Mayor John Cooper Mediocre Grades

By Bruce Dobie, Tennessee Lookout

March 19, 2021

Nashville Power Poll members are giving Mayor John Cooper some mediocre grades. Depending on how you look at it, he comes out with a B- or C+. Passable. But nothing to write home about.

Meanwhile, former Mayor Megan Barry, who as we all know left office in a cloud of chaos three years ago, is seen by about half of the Power Poll as having no political future. That said, a strong 37% said she does have a future. And the remainder (13%) say they “don’t know.” Essentially, if our former mayor were able to do a little convincing of the “don’t know,” she will have achieved pretty solid political rehab.

Finally, Power Poll asked members about the possibility of Republicans dividing up Nashville’s congressional district in upcoming congressional reapportionment. After the census, the state Legislature, which is dominated by Republicans, will redraw what is mostly a Nashville district, one dominated by Democrats. Power Poll members were all over the map, with almost equal numbers saying Republicans would, or would not, divide up the district to weaken the likelihood that we remain a Democratic district. Nearly three in 10 respondents felt they couldn’t predict what Republicans would do.

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