Greenwood, LA is a small city located in the northwest corner of Louisiana. While it may not be the largest city in the state, its residents still take great pride in their local government and political process. The citizens of Greenwood have elected leaders from both major parties to serve on the City Council and as their representatives in local state government. Elections are held regularly for these positions and many of the council members are active within their community, engaging with locals on issues that matter to them. In addition to local elections, Greenwood also takes part in state-level politics, where citizens are able to cast their votes for state representatives and senators who they feel best represent their interests at the state level.
The political climate in Greenwood, LA is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, LA is leaning liberal. In Caddo County, LA 52.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caddo parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.5% to 45.8%.
Caddo county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenwood, LA is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
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.
Greenwood, Louisiana: d r d d d d
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 Greenwood, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 623 contributions totaling $73,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 476 contributions totaling $180,169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $379 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)