Jacksonville, IA is a small town located in the Midwestern United States. It is an area known for its strong sense of community and closeknit relationships between neighbors. The local politics of Jacksonville are led by a mayor and city council who serve the needs of the community. They work together to ensure that residents have access to quality services and amenities, while also preserving the town's historic character. Additionally, the mayor and city council members strive to keep taxes low to help promote economic growth within the town. In short, Jacksonville's political landscape is focused on providing residents with a high quality of life at an affordable cost.
The political climate in Jacksonville, IA is very conservative.
Shelby County, IA is very conservative. In Shelby County, IA 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 28.8%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jacksonville, IA is very conservative.
Shelby County, Iowa is very conservative.
Iowa 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.
Jacksonville, Iowa: 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 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 Jacksonville, IA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $4,207 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $13,693 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)