Jackson County, AR is known for its strong local politics and government. The county is led by a Board of Commissioners who are elected every four years and oversee the day-to-day operations of the county. Additionally, Jackson County also has several local representatives in the state legislature who are responsible for representing the interests of their constituents. These representatives work hard to ensure that their constituents receive the best services and solutions they can provide. In addition to these elected officials, Jackson County also holds regular elections for various positions such as mayor, school board members, sheriffs, clerks, and justices of peace. Each election provides an opportunity for citizens to get involved with their local government and express their opinions on issues that matter to them. Through these elections, Jackson County citizens have a say in how their county is run and how it affects them directly.
The political climate in Jackson County, AR is very conservative.
In Jackson County, AR 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.6% to 26.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson County, AR is very conservative.
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Arkansas is strongly 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, Arkansas: D D 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 County, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 106 contributions totaling $44,259 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $418 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $13,848 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)