Jacksontown, OH is located in Licking County and has a population of approximately 3,000 people. The politics of Jacksontown are mainly driven by the local government officials elected to represent the community. There are currently two candidates running for Mayor for Jacksontown: Bob Smith and Jeff Jones. Bob Smith is a long-time resident who promises to focus on improving infrastructure and safety within the town. Jeff Jones brings experience from his past work in public office and focuses on bringing more businesses and jobs to the town. Both candidates have passionate views about what they can do for Jacksontown, and it is up to the citizens of Jacksontown to decide which direction is best for their community.
The political climate in Zip 43030 (Jacksontown, OH) is strongly conservative.
Licking County, OH is strongly conservative. In Licking County, OH 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Licking county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.0%.
Licking county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43030 (Jacksontown, OH) is strongly conservative.
Jacksontown, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Licking County, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Columbus 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.
Jacksontown, 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 43030 (Jacksontown)
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 6 contributions totaling $306 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)