The politics of Midway, LA is an interesting and complex subject. Located in East Baton Rouge Parish, the district is predominantly made up of African American families with a strong emphasis on community involvement. The local issues that are important to the residents include affordable housing, public safety, economic development, education, healthcare access, and environmental sustainability. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on political activism among the African American community in Midway as they work to ensure their voices are heard on important local issues. Local candidates have emerged from the ranks of dedicated activists and civic leaders who have set out to make a positive impact in the area. They bring experience and insight into how to best serve their constituents and fight for needed reforms that will benefit everyone in the district.
The political climate in Midway, LA is moderately conservative.
LaSalle County, LA is very conservative. In LaSalle County, LA 9.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaSalle parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.1% to 9.0%.
LaSalle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Midway, LA is moderately conservative.
LaSalle 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.
Midway, 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 Midway, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $9,690 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $61,244 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $652 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)