Abbeville, Louisiana is a small city located in Vermillion Parish. It is known for its rich history and culture, with many of its residents having lived there their entire lives. The area is governed by the Mayor and City Council, who are elected every four years to serve the citizens of Abbeville. Local politics often involve discussions about taxes, infrastructure, education, and other important issues affecting the community. The City Council meets regularly to discuss current events and how they can best serve the people in Abbeville. In addition to these meetings, local candidates also have numerous opportunities to speak directly with constituents through town halls, debates, and other forums in order to gain a better understanding of what the people of Abbeville want from their government.
The political climate in Abbeville, LA is moderately conservative.
Vermilion County, LA is very conservative. In Vermilion County, LA 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vermilion parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.3% to 18.3%.
Vermilion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Abbeville, LA is moderately conservative.
Vermilion County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Lafayette 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.
Abbeville, 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 Abbeville, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $86,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,422 contributions totaling $1,368,402 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $962 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)