Oil City, LA is a small town located in the northwest region of Louisiana. Although it has a small population, its politics are quite active and diverse. The mayor of Oil City is Joe Smith who was elected into office in 2020 and is known for his commitment to serving the community. There are also five city council members who all have different political views, but work together to make decisions for the betterment of the town. The city council holds regular meetings throughout the year to discuss important issues such as infrastructure upgrades, funding for public services, economic development and more. Residents of Oil City can make their voices heard by attending these meetings or visiting their elected officials in person. Additionally, local elections take place every four years for mayor and other city positions, giving citizens an opportunity to get involved in local politics.
The political climate in Oil City, LA is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, LA is leaning liberal. In Caddo County, LA 52.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caddo parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.5% to 45.8%.
Caddo county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oil City, LA is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
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.
Oil City, Louisiana: d r d d d d
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 Oil City, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $829 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $18,675 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)