Haughton, Louisiana is a small town located in the northern region of the state. It is a rural community with a population of about 3,000 people. The politics in Haughton revolve around local issues that are important to the community, such as education, infrastructure, and job creation. The current mayor, Lou Ann Everett, was elected in 2019 and has been working to create more jobs for citizens and improve infrastructure. There are several other local political candidates who are vying for the position of mayor as well as city council seats. These candidates will be discussing their visions for Haughton during election season and providing residents with an opportunity to learn more about their platforms and values.
The political climate in Haughton, LA is strongly conservative.
Bossier County, LA is very conservative. In Bossier County, LA 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bossier parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.7%.
Bossier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Haughton, LA is strongly conservative.
Bossier County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Shreveport-Bossier City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Haughton, 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 Haughton, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,259 contributions totaling $42,059 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 515 contributions totaling $134,005 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $260 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)