The politics of Delta, LA are vibrant and active. The city is part of the state's 4th Congressional District and is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Republican Mike Johnson. In Louisiana, the state legislature is composed of both a House and Senate, with all members being elected from districts within the state. Delta is located in District 10 for both the House and Senate, currently represented by Representatives Alan Seabaugh and Andrew Byrd respectively. Local government in Delta consists of a mayor-council system with six members elected directly by citizens. Elections for mayor and council take place every four years in March.
The political climate in Delta, LA is leaning liberal.
Madison County, LA is somewhat liberal. In Madison County, LA 56.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison parish remained very strongly Democratic, 56.8% to 41.3%.
Madison county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Delta, LA is leaning liberal.
Madison County, Louisiana is somewhat liberal.
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.
Delta, Louisiana: d d D D D D
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 Delta, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $1,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $13,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)