Duson, LA is a small town located in Lafayette Parish and is an important part of the local political landscape. With its population estimated to be around 2,500 people, the town has a significant influence over state and national elections. The residents of Duson are educated and involved citizens who take great pride in participating in local politics. Every election season, numerous local candidates compete for office positions on the city council or school board. This highly competitive process ensures that only the most qualified individuals are elected to represent the community. Residents also take part in larger state and national elections by voting on ballot initiatives that may impact their lives. Through this form of civic engagement, residents of Duson help shape the future of politics within their own hometown as well as across Louisiana.
The political climate in Duson, LA is strongly conservative.
Lafayette County, LA is strongly conservative. In Lafayette County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.7%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Duson, LA is strongly conservative.
Lafayette County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Duson, 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 Duson, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $15,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 249 contributions totaling $136,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $550 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)