The politics of 70549 Lake Arthur, LA are largely governed by the local and state government. The local elections are held every four years and the mayor is elected by the residents. The town council is also elected to represent the citizens in matters that fall within its jurisdiction. The town is part of Louisiana's 4th Congressional District, which is represented in Congress by Representative Mike Johnson. On the state level, Lake Arthur and the surrounding area are represented by Senator John Kennedy in the U.S Senate and State Representative Patrick Barras in the state legislature. All three representatives work to ensure that their constituents' needs are addressed through legislation, policies, or programs. Overall, Lake Arthur has a small-town charm with big-city aspirations when it comes to politics and public policy making.
The political climate in Zip 70549 (Lake Arthur, LA) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson Davis County, LA is very conservative. In Jefferson Davis County, LA 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson Davis parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 21.6%.
Jefferson Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70549 (Lake Arthur, LA) is strongly conservative.
Lake Arthur, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Jefferson Davis County, Louisiana is very conservative.
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Louisiana is moderately 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.
Lake Arthur, Louisiana: 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 70549 (Lake Arthur)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)