Montegut, LA is a small town located in south Louisiana. It is part of Terrebonne Parish and has a population of approximately 1,500 people. The local government in Montegut consists of the Mayor and five Aldermen who are all elected by the residents of the town. Politics play an important role in this small community as they determine how public funds are used on services such as road repairs, recreational facilities, and water distribution. The current mayor is Todd Duplantis who was elected to office in 2016 with the support of the majority of townspeople. The five Aldermen are Mike Anderson, Jason Pitre, Robert Souffrin Jr., Chad Bergeron and Terry Dufrene who have all been elected since 2017. All of them work together to ensure that Montegut prospers and its citizens are well taken care off.
The political climate in Montegut, LA is strongly conservative.
Terrebonne County, LA is very conservative. In Terrebonne County, LA 24.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Terrebonne parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.3% to 24.2%.
Terrebonne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montegut, LA is strongly conservative.
Terrebonne County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Houma-Thibodaux Metro Area 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.
Montegut, 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 Montegut, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)