Catahoula, LA is a small community located in northern Louisiana. The political landscape of Catahoula is characterized by its residents’ commitment to their local government and representatives. Local politicians strive to meet the needs of their constituents by advocating for new policies, supporting existing initiatives, and building a better future for all Catahoulans. Historically, the town has seen strong political engagement from both residents and local leaders in the form of active participation in public events, community meetings, and voting. Additionally, there have been efforts to increase voter education throughout the area. As elections approach, local political candidates race to gain support from their constituents so that they can represent them well at the state and federal levels. With an eye toward the town’s future growth and development, Catahoula’s citizens continue to stay engaged with politics so that they can be informed of changes that could have an impact on their lives.
The political climate in Catahoula, LA is strongly conservative.
St. Martin County, LA is very conservative. In St. Martin County, LA 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Martin parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.2%.
St. Martin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Catahoula, LA is strongly conservative.
St. Martin 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.
Catahoula, 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 Catahoula, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $5,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $133,357 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,026 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)