Lacassine, LA is a small town located in Southwest Louisiana. Political participation in the area is high due to the fact that most residents are passionate about their local government and its policies. Lacassine has a mayor-council form of government, with five councillors elected by citizens to make up the legislative branch of the town. These council members are responsible for making laws and regulations to help ensure the safety and well-being of all townspeople. Additionally, they have the power to levy taxes in order to raise money for public services such as schools, roads, parks, etc. The mayor is elected directly by the people and serves as chief executive of the city. He or she also performs ceremonial duties like attending official functions and hosting special events in honor of Lacassine’s citizens. Local elections occur every two years, giving voters an opportunity to voice their opinion on important issues facing their community. As a result, local politics in Lacassine are vibrant and engaging with many passionate debates amongst candidates throughout election cycles.
The political climate in Lacassine, LA is very conservative.
Jefferson Davis County, LA is very conservative. In Jefferson Davis County, LA 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson Davis parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 21.6%.
Jefferson Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lacassine, LA is very conservative.
Jefferson Davis 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.
Lacassine, 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 Lacassine, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $22,964 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $114,407 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)