Jackson, KY is a small city located in the Eastern Kentucky region that is home to a close-knit community. While the city has no local political candidates running for office, it does have a few organizations and initiatives aimed at helping the community grow and prosper. One such organization is ‘Our Jackson’ which focuses on improving the quality of life through focused efforts to enhance education, food access, health care and other services. The organization also organizes events throughout the year such as concerts and festivals that bring people together to celebrate their shared heritage. Additionally, there are several civic organizations that volunteer their time for various causes and strive to make Jackson an even better place to live.Overall, Jackson has strong roots in politics with active civic engagement by members of its local community who work together to create a vibrant city filled with opportunity.
The political climate in Jackson, KY is moderately conservative.
Breathitt County, KY is very conservative. In Breathitt County, KY 23.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Breathitt county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 23.0%.
Breathitt county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson, KY is moderately conservative.
Breathitt County, Kentucky is very conservative.
Kentucky is strongly 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, Kentucky: D D 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 Jackson, KY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,544 contributions totaling $50,844 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $3,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)