Jackson, ND is a small city located in the northwestern part of the state. Although it is a small town, politics still play an important role in local government. The city is governed by a mayor and a five-member city commission elected to serve four-year terms. The mayor and the commissioners are responsible for making decisions about the budget, public safety, infrastructure, and other issues that affect residents of Jackson. Residents can get involved in local politics by attending town hall meetings or volunteering on campaigns for local candidates. They can also vote in municipal elections to ensure their voices are heard and help shape their community’s future.
The political climate in Jackson, ND is strongly conservative.
Sargent County, ND is strongly conservative. In Sargent County, ND 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sargent county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 35.7%.
Sargent county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson, ND is strongly conservative.
Sargent County, North Dakota is strongly conservative.
North Dakota is very 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, North Dakota: 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, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $10,472 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,083 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)