Mount Jackson, VA is a small town located in the Shenandoah Valley area of Virginia. It is a rural community with a population of around 1,500 people who are mainly employed in the agriculture and forestry industries. The politics of Mount Jackson are fairly traditional and conservative-leaning, as is common in many small towns across America. The local government consists of three elected officials, including the mayor, vice-mayor and town councilmember. In addition to these positions, there are also several committees and boards that oversee various aspects of the town's operations. Voting for local political candidates takes place every two years at the general election held in November. Many residents take part in campaigns to support candidates they believe share their values and will make decisions that will benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Mount Jackson, VA is strongly conservative.
Shenandoah County, VA is very conservative. In Shenandoah County, VA 28.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shenandoah county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.9%.
Shenandoah county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Jackson, VA is strongly conservative.
Shenandoah County, Virginia is very conservative.
Virginia is somewhat 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.
Mount Jackson, 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 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 Mount Jackson, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $2,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $109,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)