Richwood, LA is a small town with a tight-knit community of about 2,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government, meaning the mayor serves as executive and oversees the day-to-day operations while the council manages local legislation and regulations. The council is composed of members from each of Richwood's five wards who are elected by their constituents. As a result, local politics in Richwood largely focuses on issues that directly affect the daily lives of those living within the community such as public safety, infrastructure development, water supply maintenance, and education initiatives. Candidates for local office focus on creating programs to address these issues and maintain a high quality of life for all residents. Richwood is committed to creating strong ties between its citizens through active involvement in political processes.
The political climate in Richwood, LA is leaning conservative.
Ouachita County, LA is moderately conservative. In Ouachita County, LA 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ouachita parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.5%.
Ouachita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richwood, LA is leaning conservative.
Ouachita County, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Monroe Metro Area is strongly 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.
Richwood, 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 Richwood, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $9,698 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $9,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)