The politics in Jackson, CA (95642) are reflective of the larger political environment in California. The city is heavily Democratic and has consistently voted for Democratic candidates over the years. At the state level, California has two Senators and 53 congressional districts representing its citizens in Washington, D.C. In addition, Jackson is represented by a number of members in the California State Assembly and Senate, each representing their respective district. Furthermore, local Jackson elections are held annually for positions such as Mayor and City Council Members who work to ensure that city services are provided to all residents.
The political climate in Zip 95642 (Jackson, CA) is moderately conservative.
Amador County, CA is strongly conservative. In Amador County, CA 36.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Amador county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 36.4%.
Amador county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 95642 (Jackson, CA) is moderately conservative.
Jackson, California is moderately conservative.
Amador County, California is strongly conservative.
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California is strongly 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, California: 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 95642 (Jackson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $46,149 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $11,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)