The politics of 70769 Prairieville, LA are heavily influenced by the local government and the individuals who run for office. The current Mayor is John Smith, who has been in office for four years and is running for re-election this year. In addition to the mayor's seat, there are several other positions that need to be filled such as Alderman, Treasurer, Assessor, and Clerk of Court. Each of these roles requires an individual to be qualified and put in their best effort to serve their community in the most efficient way possible. Every election cycle these positions are highly contested among local political candidates who have strong ties to their communities and want to make a difference in Prairieville. It is through these elections that citizens can have a voice in local decisions that directly affect them.
The political climate in Zip 70769 (Prairieville, LA) is strongly conservative.
Ascension County, LA is very conservative. In Ascension County, LA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ascension parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.7%.
Ascension county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70769 (Prairieville, LA) is strongly conservative.
Prairieville, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Ascension County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Baton Rouge 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.
Prairieville, 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 70769 (Prairieville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $35,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 476 contributions totaling $193,631 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $407 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)