Jackson, MN is a small town in the midwest with a population of about 2,000 people. The area is predominantly rural and is served by the Jackson County Board of Commissioners who are responsible for local government affairs. The Board consists of three commissioners who are elected every two years on a partisan basis. Currently, the board includes Commissioner George Miller, Commissioner Eric George, and Commissioner James Willey. All three are dedicated to providing excellent services to their constituents and have worked hard to make improvements to the community such as improved local infrastructure and increased access to education and job opportunities. Furthermore, they are committed to ensuring that taxes remain low while still providing necessary funding for essential services.
The political climate in Zip 56143 (Jackson, MN) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, MN is very conservative. In Jackson County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56143 (Jackson, MN) is strongly conservative.
Jackson, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Minnesota is very conservative.
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Minnesota 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, Minnesota: 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 56143 (Jackson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $1,022 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $13,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)