Jackson, NY is a small town in upstate New York with a population of about 5,000 people. The town has a strong sense of community and many opportunities for civic engagement. When it comes to politics in Jackson, the town is primarily served by two political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Elections for local offices such as mayor, city council, and school board tend to be closely contested between the two parties. Each election season brings out passionate candidates from both sides who are eager to serve their community. While there are no current candidates running in Jackson this year, those looking to become involved in local politics can still get involved by attending meetings or volunteering with their preferred party.
The political climate in Jackson, NY is moderately conservative.
Washington County, NY is somewhat conservative. In Washington County, NY 41.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained very strongly Republican, 56.7% to 41.1%.
Washington county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson, NY is moderately conservative.
Washington County, New York is somewhat conservative.
Glens Falls Metro Area is leaning conservative.
New York is moderately 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, New York: R R d d 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, NY
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,349 contributions totaling $102,292 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $36,407 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)