Arnaudville, LA is a small town in St. Landry Parish with a rich history and deep culture. It is home to the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL), which strives to preserve the French language and heritage of the region. The politics in Arnaudville, LA are primarily focused on issues such as education, economic development, public safety, and infrastructure investment. Local elections are usually held in November and are run by the St. Landry Parish Elections Office. Voter eligibility is determined by state law and all citizens aged 18 or over are eligible to vote. Candidates typically come from both major political parties but there have been independent candidates in recent years as well. All candidates must campaign on local issues that impact Arnaudville residents directly and focus on making sure their constituents' voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Arnaudville, LA is moderately 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
Arnaudville, LA is moderately 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.
Arnaudville, 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 Arnaudville, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $13,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 228 contributions totaling $82,214 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $361 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)