Jonesboro, LA is a small town located in Jackson Parish and is home to just over 5,000 people. The political atmosphere in Jonesboro is heavily influenced by the local government, which consists of a mayor-council form of government. The mayor of Jonesboro is Joe Mayo and he has held office since 2014. He has won reelection twice and currently serves on the council with three other members. The mayor's platform focuses on economic development, infrastructure improvement, public safety and community involvement. The council works closely with the mayor to ensure that their vision for the city can be achieved. They are committed to fulfilling the wishes of their constituents while also putting forth initiatives that benefit all citizens. In addition to these efforts, they strive to create an environment where everyone feels included and supported regardless of race or background.
The political climate in Zip 71251 (Jonesboro, LA) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, LA is very conservative. In Jackson County, LA 28.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 28.1%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71251 (Jonesboro, LA) is strongly conservative.
Jonesboro, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Louisiana is very conservative.
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Louisiana is moderately 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.
Jonesboro, Louisiana: 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 71251 (Jonesboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $3,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $2,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)