Gloster, LA is a small town located in East Texas with a population of just over 3,000. Despite its size, the politics of Gloster are an important part of the community. The town has a Mayor and five City Council members who are elected by the citizens for two-year terms. The Mayor and Council have the responsibility to ensure city services such as fire and police protection, garbage collection, road repairs, parks and recreation areas are maintained. They also provide local businesses with regulatory services such as building permits and zoning laws that help maintain order in the community. The current Mayor is Christine Thomas who was elected in 2019 and currently serves her first term leading the town in its political efforts.
The political climate in Gloster, LA is strongly conservative.
De Soto County, LA is strongly conservative. In De Soto County, LA 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, De Soto parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 37.0%.
De Soto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gloster, LA is strongly conservative.
De Soto County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Shreveport-Bossier City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Gloster, 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 Gloster, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $4,428 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $9,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)