Broussard, LA is a small city in the state of Louisiana that has a population of around 8,500 people. It is known for its quality of life and friendly people. The local politics in Broussard are dominated by the Republican Party and the Democratic Party with several other minor parties also present. In the past few years, several local politicians have been elected to office including Mayor Charles Langlinais from the Republican Party who was re-elected to serve another term in 2021. Other notable political candidates include Councillor Pauline Theriault from the Democratic Party who won her seat in 2019, and Councillor Randall Boudreaux from the Independent party who was elected in 2018. All these individuals work together to serve the best interest of their constituents and strive to make Broussard a better place to live for everyone.
The political climate in Broussard, LA is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, LA is strongly conservative. In Lafayette County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.7%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Broussard, LA is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Lafayette 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.
Broussard, 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 Broussard, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,326 contributions totaling $304,455 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,791 contributions totaling $3,820,697 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,369 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)