Hosston, LA is a small town in the state of Louisiana. Its political system is based on a mayor-council form of government. The Mayor acts as the chief executive officer and is elected at-large for a four-year term. There are five council members each representing specific wards in Hosston and they are elected by popular vote to serve staggered four-year terms. As with other municipalities in the United States, elections for mayor and city council occur every two years. Issues that matter most to citizens of Hosston include public safety, education, infrastructure, economic development, and environmental protection. The citizens of Hosston have their say by casting their votes during local election cycles and voicing their opinions at town hall meetings held throughout the year.
The political climate in Hosston, 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
Hosston, 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.
Hosston, 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 Hosston, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)