The town of Louann, AR is a small community with a rich history and an engaged population. As the heart of the county, the local politics in Louann are important to both its citizens and visitors. The mayor is elected from the residents, providing them with a voice in their local government. The mayor appoints members of various boards including the Board of Education, Planning & Zoning Board, and Parks & Recreation Board. Each board brings forth proposals for improvements to public services that are then adopted by the Louann City Council. Between these boards and council meetings, progress in Louann is always being made. Additionally, as the county seat, Louann also has representation in state government through its representatives in Arkansas’ House of Representatives and Senate. This ensures that locals have a say on issues that affect them at both a local and statewide level.
The political climate in Louann, AR is moderately conservative.
Ouachita County, AR is somewhat conservative. In Ouachita County, AR 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ouachita county remained strongly Republican, 55.0% to 41.5%.
Ouachita county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Louann, AR is moderately conservative.
Ouachita County, Arkansas is somewhat conservative.
Camden Metro Area is moderately conservative.
Arkansas is strongly 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.
Louann, Arkansas: d 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 Louann, AR
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $2,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)