Jennings, LA is a small city in southwestern Louisiana. It has a rich history of political involvement and activism, with both local and statewide candidates campaigning for office here. In recent years there have been increasing efforts by the community to engage in the political process and make their voices heard. Recent initiatives such as hosting political forums and town hall meetings have allowed citizens to directly interact with politicians and discuss issues that affect them. There are also multiple organizations in the area devoted to educating voters about important policy decisions facing Jennings, LA. As such, politics are at the forefront of many conversations in Jennings, LA, with citizens engaging in active debate over the future direction of their city.
The political climate in Jennings, LA is moderately conservative.
Jefferson Davis County, LA is very conservative. In Jefferson Davis County, LA 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson Davis parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 21.6%.
Jefferson Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jennings, LA is moderately conservative.
Jefferson Davis 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.
Jennings, 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 Jennings, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $5,250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 890 contributions totaling $614,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $691 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)