Minden, Louisiana is a small rural town located in Webster Parish. It is known for its beautiful historic homes and buildings, as well as its commitment to keeping a tight-knit community. Politically, Minden has been strongly conservative, with the majority of residents identifying as Republican. The town's political leanings are reflected in local elections, with candidates representing conservative values often winning office. Local government meetings often attract large crowds of voters interested in participating in the decision-making process. With a population of about 12,700, Minden's small size lends itself to an engaged and involved voter base that is passionate about their community.
The political climate in Minden, LA is somewhat conservative.
Webster County, LA is strongly conservative. In Webster County, LA 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 33.9%.
Webster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Minden, LA is somewhat conservative.
Webster County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Shreveport-Bossier City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Minden, 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 Minden, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 454 contributions totaling $210,570 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $464 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,490 contributions totaling $1,356,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $910 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)