In 71459 Fort Polk South, LA, politics is managed on the local level by a Mayor and City Council. The Mayor is elected for a four-year term and serves as the presiding officer of the City Council. The City Council consists of four members who are elected for four-year terms by residents in the city. All elections in Fort Polk South take place at the ballot box and are overseen by local officials to ensure that all votes are counted properly. The City Councilworks closely with community organizations, civil agencies, and other stakeholders to ensure that policies enacted are beneficial for residents of Fort Polk South. Additionally, they work to foster economic development and provide city services such as public safety, infrastructure maintenance, housing programs, recreation facilities, utilities management, and more.
The political climate in Zip 71459 (Fort Polk South, LA) is moderately 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
Zip 71459 (Fort Polk South, LA) is moderately conservative.
Fort Polk South, Louisiana is moderately 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 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 71459 (Fort Polk South)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $4,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $685 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)