Carlyss, LA is a small town located in southwest Louisiana in the United States. Despite its size, Carlyss is an active and vibrant community with a thriving local politics scene. Local elections are held every two years, and citizens have the opportunity to vote for a range of positions from city council members to school board members. Community involvement is high, with residents voicing their opinions on issues that affect them directly and actively engaging in political conversations. Political candidates come from all walks of life, representing different backgrounds and perspectives which create a rich diversity of opinion within City Hall. This diversity helps ensure that everyone's voice is heard when it comes to decision-making regarding the future of Carlyss.
The political climate in Carlyss, LA is strongly conservative.
Calcasieu County, LA is very conservative. In Calcasieu County, LA 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calcasieu parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 31.4%.
Calcasieu county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carlyss, LA is strongly conservative.
Calcasieu County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Lake Charles 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.
Carlyss, 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 Carlyss, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $9,198 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 243 contributions totaling $39,342 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)