Fort Jesup, LA is a small rural town in western Louisiana with a population of approximately 500 people. Although the town is small, politics still play an important role in the community. The mayor and city council are elected by the citizens of Fort Jesup to lead and represent their interests on a local level. Every two years, voters select candidates for mayor and five city council positions through open elections. In addition, many state and federal political representatives have offices located in Fort Jesup that provide services such as assistance with passport applications or other government related information. Political engagement is strongly encouraged among members of the community and there are often events put on by organizations that serve to inform residents about current issues and upcoming elections.
The political climate in Fort Jesup, LA is very conservative.
Sabine County, LA is very conservative. In Sabine County, LA 16.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sabine parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.8% to 16.3%.
Sabine county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Jesup, LA is very conservative.
Sabine 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.
Fort Jesup, 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 Fort Jesup, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $2,004 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $33,854 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)