Jackson, IL County is a small community located in southern Illinois. The county is home to a variety of different political views and ideologies, and is often considered to be a swing county during elections. Despite its small size, Jackson County plays an important role in Illinois politics by participating in local and state-wide elections. In recent years, many candidates have campaigned in Jackson County for the chance to hold office at the local level or represent the area at the state level. These candidates come from both major parties and a variety of third-party candidates, giving residents an opportunity to support their desired candidate with their vote. Additionally, voters can also participate in local political initiatives through referendums or ballot initiatives that affect how Jackson, IL County operates.
The political climate in Jackson County, IL is leaning liberal.
In Jackson County, IL 49.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.2% to 47.9%.
Jackson county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson County, IL is leaning liberal.
Carbondale-Marion Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Illinois is moderately 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, Illinois: d D D D d d
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, IL
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,634 contributions totaling $200,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 934 contributions totaling $378,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)