Cottonport, LA is a small rural town located in the southwestern part of Louisiana. The town has a long history of local politics and involvement in state and national issues. The current mayor of Cottonport, along with the city council, is actively working to create an environment that encourages economic development and provides opportunities for its citizens. They are also looking for ways to improve public services such as schools, public transportation, and infrastructure. In addition to local politics, residents of the town often voice their opinions on state and national policies that may affect them or their families. As a result, Cottonport is a community that is engaged in discussion about both local and larger political issues.
The political climate in Cottonport, LA is moderately conservative.
Avoyelles County, LA is very conservative. In Avoyelles County, LA 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Avoyelles parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.8%.
Avoyelles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cottonport, LA is moderately conservative.
Avoyelles County, Louisiana 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.
Cottonport, 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 Cottonport, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $3,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $9,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)