Jackson County in Colorado is a rural area that is politically conservative. It is represented in the state legislature by Senator Mark Baisley and Representative Tim Geitner, both of whom are Republicans. The county is also represented by Congressman Scott Tipton, who is also a Republican. Local issues such as land use regulations, public safety measures, taxes, and economic development are all important topics of discussion for the citizens of Jackson County. With a population of just under 5,000 people, Jackson County relies on its representatives to effectively represent their interests at the state and federal level.
The political climate in Jackson County, CO is very conservative.
In Jackson County, CO 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 20.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson County, CO is very conservative.
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Colorado 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.
Jackson, Colorado: 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 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, CO
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $2,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)