Ville Platte, Louisiana is a small city located in Evangeline Parish with a population of around 7,000 people. The political atmosphere in Ville Platte is generally conservative and is strongly rooted in traditional values. The local politics are largely dominated by the Democratic Party, which has held the majority of seats on the City Council for several decades. Although there are often debates among politicians about various topics, most issues are resolved quickly and without much contention. Residents of Ville Platte take an active interest in their local politics and regularly attend town hall meetings to voice their opinions. Locally elected officials work hard to ensure that Ville Platte remains a safe and prosperous community for all its residents.
The political climate in Ville Platte, LA is somewhat conservative.
Evangeline County, LA is very conservative. In Evangeline County, LA 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Evangeline parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.0%.
Evangeline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ville Platte, LA is somewhat conservative.
Evangeline County, Louisiana is very 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.
Ville Platte, 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 Ville Platte, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 180 contributions totaling $42,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 384 contributions totaling $89,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)