Jacksonville, OH is a small town located in the southeastern corner of Ohio, in Morgan County. As with many similar towns throughout the United States, Jacksonville has its own unique political landscape and culture. While the town's population is relatively small, it is a tight-knit community with residents who are extremely passionate about their local politics. Local politics in Jacksonville revolves around issues such as infrastructure, business growth and development, education, healthcare, public safety, and quality of life. Different candidates running for local political positions bring their own unique perspectives to the table when discussing these issues. Local residents often get involved by attending debates and forums hosted by the candidates themselves or actively participating in campaigns for their preferred candidate. It is clear that politics runs deep inside the people of this small town and its citizens are highly invested in what takes place in their hometown.
The political climate in Zip 45740 (Jacksonville, OH) is leaning liberal.
Athens County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Athens County, OH 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Athens county remained strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.6%.
Athens county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45740 (Jacksonville, OH) is leaning liberal.
Jacksonville, Ohio is leaning liberal.
Athens County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Athens Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Jacksonville, Ohio: D D D D D D
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 45740 (Jacksonville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)