Oak Ridge, LA is a small town with a close-knit community and friendly people. The government of Oak Ridge is run by the Mayor and the Town Council who work together to ensure that the residents’ needs are met. Services like police and fire protection, public works, recreation, and other amenities are provided to citizens by the local government. In addition to providing services, Oak Ridge also has an active political system that allows local residents to have their voices heard on important issues that affect them and their community. Every two years, local citizens have the opportunity to vote in elections for mayor and council members who they believe will best represent their interests. This election season has been particularly busy as multiple candidates have entered races throughout the area. It is inspiring to see so many people engaging with local politics in order to make positive changes in our community.
The political climate in Oak Ridge, LA is somewhat conservative.
Morehouse County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Morehouse County, LA 42.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morehouse parish remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 42.7%.
Morehouse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Ridge, LA is somewhat conservative.
Morehouse County, Louisiana 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.
Oak Ridge, 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 Oak Ridge, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)