Calvin, LA is a small town located in the heart of Louisiana. It is a tight-knit community with a strong sense of local pride that is reflected in their politics. The citizens of Calvin take an active role in the political decisions that affect their lives and they take great care to ensure that these decisions best serve their interests. Local elections are always hotly contested, with different candidates advocating for different platforms and policies. Candidates spend much time campaigning in the town and engaging with its residents to learn more about them and their needs. Ultimately, it’s up to each voter to decide who will best represent them come election day.
The political climate in Calvin, LA is strongly conservative.
Winn County, LA is very conservative. In Winn County, LA 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winn parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 24.8%.
Winn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Calvin, LA is strongly conservative.
Winn County, Louisiana 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.
Calvin, 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 Calvin, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $16,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $981 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $221,407 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,690 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)