In 45640 Jackson, OH politics are often a topic of conversation. The city is served by the Jackson City Council, which consists of seven members elected every four years. Elections are typically low-key and uncontroversial, with most incumbents easily reelected to their positions. In addition to the local council, residents of Jackson are also represented in state and federal government by their respective senators and representatives. While there is room for debate about many issues within the city, most of the political discourse remains focused on topics related to city services and infrastructure rather than national partisan divisions.
The political climate in Zip 45640 (Jackson, OH) is very conservative.
Jackson County, OH is very conservative. In Jackson County, OH 22.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.4% to 22.4%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45640 (Jackson, OH) is very conservative.
Jackson, Ohio is very conservative.
Jackson County, Ohio is very conservative.
Jackson Metro Area is very conservative.
Ohio is leaning 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, Ohio: 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 45640 (Jackson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 267 contributions totaling $15,890 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $134,823 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $970 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)