Jonesboro is a small town in Indiana with a population of about 2,000 people. It is known for its tight-knit community and strong sense of local pride. The politics in Jonesboro are generally conservative and voters here typically support local candidates from the Republican or Libertarian party. Every election cycle, residents of Jonesboro come together to discuss their opinions on various issues and to decide who will best represent their interests in the government. All levels of government are represented in Jonesboro, from school board members to city council members, state representatives, and federal representatives. Despite the town's small size, political issues are important topics among the citizens here and they take their voting responsibilities seriously.
The political climate in Jonesboro, IN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, IN is very conservative. In Grant County, IN 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 29.4%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jonesboro, IN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Indiana is very conservative.
Marion Metro Area is very conservative.
Indiana is somewhat 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.
Jonesboro, Indiana: 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 Jonesboro, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 374 contributions totaling $16,306 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 198 contributions totaling $58,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $295 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)