Jackson, WV County is a vibrant community located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Politically, the county is governed by a five-member elected commission that serves as the policy and legislative body for Jackson County's government. There are also several offices within the county such as Sheriff, Prosecuting Attorney and Clerk of Court which are all elected positions. Elections are held every four years to determine who will fill these offices and serve Jackson County citizens. The political atmosphere in Jackson County is generally conservative with both Republicans and Democrats vying for local office. While much of the state leans heavily towards one party or the other, there is usually a close race for each seat in Jackson County due to its significant rural population who tend to be more independent-minded when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Jackson County, WV is very conservative.
In Jackson County, WV 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.7%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson County, WV is very conservative.
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West Virginia is very 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, West Virginia: 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, WV
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 394 contributions totaling $39,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $31,999 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)