Fort Polk South, LA is a small community located in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. It is primarily composed of military personnel and their families due to its close proximity to Fort Polk, a US Army base. The local political landscape is largely influenced by the issues affecting the military population, such as veterans’ rights, healthcare benefits for soldiers and their families, and employment opportunities. While there are no current local political candidates in Fort Polk South, many of the issues facing the area are addressed at both state and federal levels by elected officials who represent the area. There are also organizations dedicated to supporting veterans that have an important role in advocating for policies that will benefit this population. In general, the politics of Fort Polk South is driven by its strong military presence and how it will impact the larger community.
The political climate in Fort Polk South, LA is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, LA is very conservative. In Vernon County, LA 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.7% to 16.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Polk South, LA is somewhat conservative.
Vernon County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Fort Polk South Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Fort Polk South, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Fort Polk South, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $6,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 201 contributions totaling $87,947 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)