Jacksonville, Missouri is a small city located in the heart of Randolph County. It is part of the larger St. Louis metropolitan area and has a population of approximately 5,000 people. Even though Jacksonville is a relatively small city, it has its own distinct political culture and recent elections have seen an increased interest in local politics. In fact, the last municipal election saw several candidates running for office, including some who had never run before. The election was highly contested and involved spirited debates over issues such as public safety, taxes, infrastructure investments, economic development and education reform. Each candidate presented their own individual vision for how they would work to improve life in Jacksonville if elected to office. While there were many ideas presented during this election cycle, all of them focused on making Jacksonville a better place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 65260 (Jacksonville, MO) is very conservative.
Randolph County, MO is very conservative. In Randolph County, MO 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Randolph county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.1%.
Randolph county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 65260 (Jacksonville, MO) is very conservative.
Jacksonville, Missouri is very conservative.
Randolph County, Missouri is very conservative.
Moberly Metro Area is very conservative.
Missouri is somewhat 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.
Jacksonville, Missouri: 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 zip 65260 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)