Politics in Paincourtville, Louisiana is governed by the local government, which consists of a mayor and five council members. The mayor is elected every four years, while the council members are elected every two years. The community takes an active role in local government and makes its voice heard through advocacy initiatives and elections. In recent years, there have been heated debates over various issues such as tax increases, zoning laws, and economic development. Each election season brings out both long-time residents and newcomers to the polls to cast their votes for their favorite candidates. Ultimately, it is up to the citizens of Paincourtville to decide what direction their town will take in the future.
The political climate in Paincourtville, LA is moderately conservative.
Assumption County, LA is strongly conservative. In Assumption County, LA 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Assumption parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.7% to 34.1%.
Assumption county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paincourtville, LA is moderately conservative.
Assumption County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Paincourtville, Louisiana: d d 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 Paincourtville, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $1,445 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $18,991 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $703 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)