Abita Springs, LA is a small town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana with a population of around 3,100 people. The local politics of Abita Springs are centered around the Village Council which serves as the governing body and is composed of five council members. The Council meets regularly to discuss the issues that affect Abita Springs such as infrastructure and public services. The Mayor serves as an ex-officio member of the council and is elected in a nonpartisan election every three years. They are responsible for making sure decisions made by the Council are in line with state laws and regulations. Additionally, there are several special committees such as the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Economic Development Committee that provide input to the Council on various topics throughout the year. In addition, Abita Springs holds regular elections for local officials, including those elected to serve on the Council and any other positions up for election that year.
The political climate in Abita Springs, LA is strongly conservative.
St. Tammany County, LA is very conservative. In St. Tammany County, LA 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Tammany parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
St. Tammany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Abita Springs, LA is strongly conservative.
St. Tammany County, Louisiana is very conservative.
New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Abita Springs, 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 Abita Springs, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,229 contributions totaling $238,869 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,990 contributions totaling $886,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)