Jackson, MN is a small city located in the southwestern part of Minnesota. Politically, the city is represented by members of both major parties at the local level. The current mayor is a Republican and the city council consists of three Democrats and four Republicans. At the state level, Jackson is represented in both chambers of the Minnesota Legislature by one Democrat and one Republican. At the federal level, Jackson's district is represented by a Republican Congressman and two Democratic Senators. Locally, citizens can get involved in politics by attending meetings of their elected officials or participating in campaigns for future political candidates. No matter what your political preferences are, there is an opportunity to get involved in local politics in Jackson, MN.
The political climate in Jackson, MN is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, MN is very conservative. In Jackson County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson, MN is moderately conservative.
Jackson County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Minnesota 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, Minnesota: 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 Jackson, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $1,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $13,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)