The city of Madisonville, LA is a vibrant and bustling community with a vibrant political scene. With many local politicians representing the various neighborhoods and districts in the area, there is always plenty of debate and discussion happening. From local school board decisions to new economic development plans for the city, the citizens of Madisonville have a say in how their city grows and develops. Local elections in Madisonville are highly contested as candidates from all sides strive to make their voices heard. With many different opinions on important issues such as taxes, education funding, public safety initiatives, environmental regulations, and much more, it is clear that the people of Madisonville are passionate about their politics.
The political climate in Madisonville, LA is strongly conservative.
St. Tammany County, LA is very conservative. In St. Tammany County, LA 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Tammany parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
St. Tammany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madisonville, LA is strongly conservative.
St. Tammany County, Louisiana is very conservative.
New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area is leaning 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.
Madisonville, 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 Madisonville, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 202 contributions totaling $16,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 291 contributions totaling $148,602 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $511 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)