The city of South Vacherie, LA is located in St. James Parish and is known for its rich culture and history. It is an important hub for the region's political activity. South Vacherie has a long history of local government involvement in the area, with the current Mayor having served since 2011. The City Council is composed of five members elected from each of the wards within the city limits and they work together to make decisions that affect their citizens. Local political candidates are also involved in making sure that their constituents have access to resources and a voice in their governing body. They are responsible for ensuring that the needs of residents are taken into account when it comes to crafting policy and legislation. Residents can expect open communication, transparency, and accountability when it comes to their local government officials in South Vacherie.
The political climate in South Vacherie, LA is leaning conservative.
St. James County, LA is leaning liberal. In St. James County, LA 51.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. James parish remained Democratic, 51.7% to 47.3%.
St. James county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Vacherie, LA is leaning conservative.
St. James County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
South Vacherie, Louisiana: D D 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 South Vacherie, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $5,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $35,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $449 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)