Leonville, LA is located in St. Landry Parish and is a small rural community with a population of around 500 people. It is governed by the Leonville Town Council which consists of five members elected by its citizens every four years. This council works to ensure the town's needs are met and that all residents receive adequate services and amenities. Current members of the Leonville Town Council include Mayor Paul Watson, Vice-Mayor Stephen Smith, Secretary Daphne Arceneaux, Treasurer Teresa Thompson and Alderman Jimbo Cottingham. Issues facing the town include maintaining infrastructure, providing safe housing for citizens and ensuring access to quality health care services. The council also works to foster economic development through various incentives such as tax breaks for businesses that locate in the area. Through these efforts, Leonville has grown into an attractive place to live for both families and individuals seeking a quiet rural lifestyle with close proximity to larger cities.
The political climate in Leonville, LA is somewhat conservative.
St. Landry County, LA is somewhat conservative. In St. Landry County, LA 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Landry parish remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 42.2%.
St. Landry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leonville, LA is somewhat conservative.
St. Landry County, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
Opelousas 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.
Leonville, Louisiana: d 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 Leonville, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 298 contributions totaling $24,451 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 394 contributions totaling $145,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)