Jackson, FL County is an important part of Florida's political landscape. The county holds a variety of local elected offices that are vital to the functioning of the community, ranging from sheriffs and tax collectors to school board members and commissioners. Currently, the county is represented in Congress by Republicans Ted Yoho and Al Lawson, while the state legislature is made up largely of Democrats. The county's Board of Commissioners has seven members who are elected by district. Though all registered voters can vote for any candidate in their district regardless of party affiliation, most seats on the board have been held by Republican candidates in recent years. Additionally, Sheriff Lou Roberts and Tax Collector Juno Madrigal hold nonpartisan offices that serve as an important part of local government. Overall, politics in Jackson County plays an important role in shaping the future direction of the community.
The political climate in Jackson County, FL is very conservative.
In Jackson County, FL 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 30.1%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson County, FL is very conservative.
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Florida is leaning conservative.
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, Florida: R R R 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, FL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 544 contributions totaling $24,089 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 658 contributions totaling $197,787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $301 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)