Benton, Louisiana is a small town located in Bossier Parish in Northwest Louisiana. It is a close knit community where people know their neighbors and take care of each other through thick and thin. The politics in Benton are an important part of the town's identity. Every election cycle, the citizens of Benton come out in droves to cast their ballots. Local political candidates often promote their platforms around town to gain support from voters. They make sure to reach out to the residents of Benton and keep them informed about important issues that affect them. Through voting, the people of Benton have a say in who represents them at both local and national levels. By participating in elections, they are ensuring that their voices are heard and that they will be represented fairly no matter what party they identify with.
The political climate in Benton, LA is moderately conservative.
Bossier County, LA is very conservative. In Bossier County, LA 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bossier parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.7%.
Bossier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Benton, LA is moderately conservative.
Bossier County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Shreveport-Bossier City 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.
Benton, 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 Benton, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 222 contributions totaling $35,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 680 contributions totaling $432,558 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $636 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)