Basile, LA is a small rural town located in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana. It has a long history of civic engagement and political participation. The town’s Mayor and City Council are elected by the citizens of Basile, with elections occurring every four years where the mayor and two council members are chosen. In addition to local government officials, Basile is also home to state representatives and senators with whom the town's residents can communicate their needs and concerns. Generally speaking, conservative values tend to dominate in this area, although there have been some progressive candidates who have achieved success in local elections. Overall, it is clear that the citizens of Basile take politics very seriously and remain active in their community by staying informed about current issues as well as weighing in on how those issues should be addressed.
The political climate in Basile, LA is moderately conservative.
Evangeline County, LA is very conservative. In Evangeline County, LA 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Evangeline parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.0%.
Evangeline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Basile, LA is moderately conservative.
Evangeline County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Lafayette 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.
Basile, 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 Basile, LA
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 8 contributions totaling $3,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)