Jackson, MO is a town located in Cape Girardeau County in the state of Missouri. It has a population of just over 13,000 people and is known for being a small, tight-knit community with strong core values. The politics of Jackson are largely dominated by the Republican Party due to its conservative values and religious background. The town has been represented in Congress since 1982 by Republican Jo Ann Emerson. Recently, there was an election for the mayor of Jackson that saw incumbent Republican Mayor Dennis Ziegenhorn re-elected to another term in office with 68% of the vote. There are also several other local political committees and organizations in Jackson that actively work to ensure good representation for their residents on important issues, such as education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development.
The political climate in Zip 63755 (Jackson, MO) is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, MO is very conservative. In Cape Girardeau County, MO 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cape Girardeau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.6%.
Cape Girardeau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 63755 (Jackson, MO) is very conservative.
Jackson, Missouri is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau County, Missouri is very conservative.
Cape Girardeau 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.
Jackson, 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 63755 (Jackson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 255 contributions totaling $18,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $75,838 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $617 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)