Jackson County, Oklahoma has a rich political history and actively participates in the democratic process. With a population of approximately 5,000, the county is represented by several local members of political organizations, such as the Democratic Party and Republican Party. The county actively participates in local elections to choose representatives for their city council, mayor, school board members, judges and other elected positions. Each election cycle brings out candidates from both major parties to vie for popular support. Throughout this process various issues are discussed such as education reform, economic development and crime prevention. Voters have the opportunity to make their voice heard on these and other important topics that affect their community. Jackson County has an engaged electorate that takes part in spirited debates about what’s best for their city and its residents.
The political climate in Jackson County, OK is very conservative.
In Jackson County, OK 20.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.8% to 20.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson County, OK is very conservative.
Altus Metro Area is very conservative.
Oklahoma 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, Oklahoma: 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, OK
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $11,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 293 contributions totaling $112,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)