Boyce, Louisiana is a small town located in Rapides Parish. Despite its size, the local politics in Boyce are quite active and diverse. The residents of Boyce take their political beliefs seriously and they often debate passionately about issues that affect the town. There are several different political groups that are represented in Boyce including conservative Republicans, liberal Democrats, and independent voters. Each group has representatives on the local government board who work to make sure the interests of their constituency are served. Although there can be strong disagreements between these various groups, there is also a great deal of collaboration as well. The members of the local government strive to find common ground in order to move forward with beneficial initiatives for the town.
The political climate in Boyce, LA is moderately conservative.
Rapides County, LA is very conservative. In Rapides County, LA 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rapides parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Rapides county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Boyce, LA is moderately conservative.
Rapides County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Alexandria 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.
Boyce, 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 Boyce, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $7,708 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $14,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)