West Monroe, LA is a small city in northern Louisiana. It has a strong local government that works to ensure the community's well-being and progress. The West Monroe City Council is composed of five members who are elected by the citizens of West Monroe every four years. The Mayor serves as the presiding officer of the City Council and can veto council resolutions. Other elected officials include the Chief of Police, Treasurer, and Clerk. Each elected official works to bring about positive changes for the citizens of West Monroe through initiatives like infrastructure improvement projects, better public services, and wise economic developments. Numerous local political candidates run for office in West Monroe each year to provide their unique vision for the community and to make sure their voice is heard.
The political climate in West Monroe, LA is somewhat conservative.
Ouachita County, LA is moderately conservative. In Ouachita County, LA 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ouachita parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.5%.
Ouachita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Monroe, LA is somewhat conservative.
Ouachita County, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Monroe Metro Area is strongly 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.
West Monroe, 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 West Monroe, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 542 contributions totaling $39,402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,106 contributions totaling $304,114 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)