Jackson, MI is a charming city located in south central Michigan. It is the county seat of Jackson County and home to a wide variety of people from all backgrounds. The city is governed by an elected mayor and seven-member city council. The city council meets monthly to discuss policy issues such as land use, residential development, economic development, infrastructure investments, public safety improvements, and recreation facilities. The mayor also works closely with the state and local government representatives to ensure that the interests of all Jacksonians are represented at the local level. Additionally, the mayor appoints members for various committees which focus on specific areas such as education and public services, finance and budgeting, parks and recreation, public housing services, public relations, technology management services, transportation planning services and zoning regulations. Overall, the politics in Jackson have been largely positive for its citizens with local leaders working diligently to ensure that the city's best interests are always put first.
The political climate in Jackson, MI is leaning conservative.
Jackson County, MI is moderately conservative. In Jackson County, MI 39.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.5%.
Jackson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson, MI is leaning conservative.
Jackson County, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Jackson, Michigan: r R d r R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Jackson, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,804 contributions totaling $176,993 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 950 contributions totaling $344,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)