Jackson, WI County is an area that is actively engaged in politics and civic engagement. Through the years, there has been strong support for local political candidates who have worked to make their community a better place. Local residents take part in numerous activities including attending town meetings and voting on important initiatives in order to ensure that the best people are elected into office. Jackson county also holds open forums throughout the year so that citizens can learn more about the issues at hand and make informed decisions when it comes time to vote. Residents of Jackson County are proud to take part in the democratic process as they strive to create a better future for their community.
The political climate in Jackson County, WI is somewhat conservative.
In Jackson County, WI 41.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained very strongly Republican, 56.9% to 41.8%.
Jackson county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jackson County, WI is somewhat conservative.
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Wisconsin is leaning 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, Wisconsin: d d 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 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, WI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 518 contributions totaling $550,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,063 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $193,786 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)