Bayou Cane, LA is a small town with a population of about 10,000 people. The local politics in Bayou Cane are centered around the mayor’s office and several city councilmembers. The current mayor is Bill Bobo, who has been serving in this position since 2014. He is running for re-election this year and seeking support from the local community. Additionally, there are five city council members who are up for election this year as well. These members have served their terms but are now looking to be re-elected as well. They will be actively engaging with the residents of Bayou Cane while campaigning for their positions to ensure that they remain in office. All candidates provide valuable services to the residents by advocating for solutions to the community's problems and working together to create a better Bayou Cane for everyone involved.
The political climate in Bayou Cane, LA is moderately conservative.
Terrebonne County, LA is very conservative. In Terrebonne County, LA 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Terrebonne parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.2%.
Terrebonne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bayou Cane, LA is moderately conservative.
Terrebonne County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Houma-Thibodaux 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.
Bayou Cane, 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 Bayou Cane, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22,028 contributions totaling $1,765,112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,052 contributions totaling $1,848,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $901 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)