Springfield, LA is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is a small town with a population of around 1,600 people. Politics in Springfield are centered on ensuring the well-being of its citizens and providing them with the best possible public services. Local political candidates focus on issues such as education, infrastructure, and economic development in order to build a better future for the town. In addition to local candidates, residents of Springfield can also participate in state and national level elections which determine who will represent their interests at those levels of government. Political engagement is encouraged and seen as a vital part of civic duty among townspeople.
The political climate in Springfield, LA is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, LA is very conservative. In Livingston County, LA 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 14.2%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Springfield, LA is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Baton Rouge 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.
Springfield, 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 Springfield, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $78,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,611 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $79,998 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,569 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)