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===Politics=== Together with Buncombe and Watauga counties, Jackson is considered one of three "swing" counties in [[Western North Carolina]]. Except for 1980, it would vote for the winner in every Presidential election from 1960 to 2008. The exception was 1980, when [[Jimmy Carter]] won the county but lost nationally. In 2012 voters here favored Republican candidate [[Mitt Romney]], who was defeated by President [[Barack Obama]]. In 2016 county voters split their vote, favoring [[Donald Trump]] for the presidency, but Democrat [[Roy Cooper]] for state governor. The county was one of four in the state to do so.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wlos.com/news/local/after-2016-split-vote-jackson-county-one-to-watch-2020-election-results|title=After 2016 split vote, political expert says Jackson County one to watch in 2020|last1=King|first1=Kim|last2=Whitehead|first2=Brittany|publisher=ABC 13 News|date=October 26, 2020|access-date=December 18, 2020}}</ref> In 2020, Jackson County voters favored incumbent Donald Trump, but Democrat [[Joe Biden]] won the election nationally. {{PresHead|place=Jackson County, North Carolina|whig=no|source1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=February 20, 2021}}</ref>}} <!-- PresRow should be {{PresRow|Year|Winning party|GOP/Whig vote #|Dem vote #|3rd party vote #|State}} -->{{PresRow|2024|Republican|11,796|9,746|400|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2020|Republican|11,356|9,591|481|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2016|Republican|9,870|7,713|1,130|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2012|Republican|8,254|8,095|352|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2008|Democratic|7,854|8,766|246|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2004|Republican|7,351|6,737|86|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|2000|Republican|6,237|5,722|162|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1996|Democratic|4,244|5,211|1,051|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1992|Democratic|4,275|5,753|1,530|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,166|4,933|24|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1984|Republican|5,582|4,367|25|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1980|Democratic|4,140|4,857|313|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1976|Democratic|3,536|5,223|26|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1972|Republican|4,709|3,169|89|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1968|Republican|3,747|2,956|1,080|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,183|4,905|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1960|Republican|4,017|3,900|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1956|Democratic|3,503|3,787|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1952|Democratic|3,680|4,296|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1948|Democratic|2,520|4,005|200|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1944|Democratic|2,694|4,109|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1940|Democratic|2,410|4,563|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1936|Democratic|3,061|4,580|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1932|Democratic|2,813|4,360|35|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1928|Republican|3,512|3,171|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1924|Democratic|2,788|3,100|17|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1920|Democratic|2,355|2,385|0|North Carolina}} {{PresRow|1916|Democratic|1,288|1,306|0|North Carolina}} {{PresFoot|1912|Democratic|315|1,210|734|North Carolina}} ====2020 presidential election==== In 2020 the county and the state voted for incumbent Donald Trump, but Democrat [[Joe Biden]] carried the election overall, winning both the popular vote and electoral college. ====2016 presidential election==== In the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016|2016 Republican Primary]] in Jackson County, Donald Trump received 1,624 votes (or 39.5% of the total votes) followed by [[Ted Cruz]], who had 1,434 votes (or 34.9% of the total votes). In the 2016 Democratic Primary, [[Bernie Sanders]] received 3,021 votes (57.0% of the total); [[Hillary Clinton]] received 2,022 votes (38.1% of the total).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/primaries/north-carolina|title=North Carolina Primary Election Results 2016|date=September 29, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 16, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In the general election Donald Trump received 9,870 votes (or 52.7% of the total vote); Hillary Clinton received 7,713 votes (41.2% of the total vote) and Libertarian Candidate [[Gary Johnson]] received 742 votes (4.0% of total votes in the county).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/north-carolina|title=North Carolina Election Results 2016|date=August 1, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=March 16, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
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