Bastrop, Louisiana is a small city located in northeastern Louisiana. Its government is composed of a Mayor and Board of Aldermen who are responsible for making local decisions. The Mayor and Board of Aldermen are elected by citizens of Bastrop every four years. The current mayor is Henry Cotton, who has served since 2012, and the current board members are Rosalyn Johnson, Kenneth Descant, Brandon Holmes, Geraldine Wicks-Harris, Roberta Risher, and Johnathan Cowan. In addition to the elected officials, the City Administrator serves as chief executive officer over various departments like police, fire, public works and parks. The city council holds regular meetings to discuss local policies and issues as well as to provide resolutions on proposed projects. Bastrop has a strong sense of community pride and values input from all its citizens. Residents work together to ensure Bastrop remains a vibrant small city that promotes economic development while preserving its rich history.
The political climate in Bastrop, LA is leaning liberal.
Morehouse County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Morehouse County, LA 42.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morehouse parish remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 42.7%.
Morehouse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bastrop, LA is leaning liberal.
Morehouse County, Louisiana 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.
Bastrop, 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 Bastrop, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,145 contributions totaling $43,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $56,775 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $299 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)