Pitkin, LA is a small town located in the southern part of Louisiana. It has a long history as a friendly and welcoming community, and the citizens here are proud of their culture. Politics in Pitkin, LA are fairly quiet affairs, with local elections generally uncontested. The Town Council and Mayor are typically elected by majority vote with no major political party affiliations. Issues addressed by the Town Council include maintaining public safety, ensuring local infrastructure is up to date, and promoting economic development through tourism and business growth. Residents of Pitkin are passionate about their town and take pride in the work being done by their elected officials to ensure its continued success.
The political climate in Pitkin, LA is very conservative.
Vernon County, LA is very conservative. In Vernon County, LA 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.7% to 16.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pitkin, LA is very conservative.
Vernon County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Fort Polk South Metro Area 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.
Pitkin, 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 Pitkin, 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 7 contributions totaling $6,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $941 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)