Point Place, Louisiana is a vibrant and growing community that values its local politics. Local government plays an important role in the day-to-day operations of the city, from services such as trash collection to infrastructure projects like road repairs. Point Place has a strong mayor-council style government, with an elected mayor leading the charge and council members providing guidance and oversight. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected on a platform of fiscal responsibility and increased transparency in government. The council consists of seven representatives from various districts within the town. Each year during elections, Point Place residents have the opportunity to vote for their choice of candidates for mayor and each council district. This allows them to be active participants in shaping and influencing their local government.
The political climate in Point Place, LA is somewhat conservative.
Natchitoches County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Natchitoches County, LA 41.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Natchitoches parish remained strongly Republican, 56.5% to 41.7%.
Natchitoches county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Point Place, LA is somewhat conservative.
Natchitoches County, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
Natchitoches 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.
Point Place, 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 Point Place, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 368 contributions totaling $43,651 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $90,831 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)