Baldwin, LA is a small town located in the southern region of Louisiana. It is governed by a mayor-council system with the current mayor being Steven Johnson. The town council consists of five members who are elected from each of the five wards within Baldwin. In addition to the mayor and council, there are various boards and commissions which help in the decision making process for the town. The citizens of Baldwin have a strong interest in politics and actively participate in village elections to ensure that their voices are heard. Political themes such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, and quality of life are consistently discussed during election time. Baldwin also has a history of electing progressive candidates to local office who prioritize progressive policy objectives such as environmental protection, equal rights, and government transparency.
The political climate in Baldwin, LA is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Mary County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.7%.
St. Mary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baldwin, LA is somewhat conservative.
St. Mary County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Morgan City 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.
Baldwin, 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 Baldwin, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $16,720 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $74,004 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)