Waterproof, LA is a small town in Louisiana with a population of about 2,000 people. The local politics in Waterproof consist of a mayor and several city council members who help to govern the town. Every two years residents of Waterproof get the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidate who will serve as their mayor or city council member. Recently, the town has seen some changes in office with new candidates being elected for both positions. The current mayor is Mike Johnson and he has been in this position since 2017. With his leadership, he aims to improve the quality of life for all citizens in Waterproof by focusing on infrastructure improvements, economic development opportunities, and public safety initiatives. The current city council consists of five members who bring a variety of perspectives to the table when making important decisions for the town’s future. They strive to ensure that all voices are heard and taken into account when debating issues that affect the people of Waterproof.
The political climate in Waterproof, LA is leaning liberal.
Tensas County, LA is leaning liberal. In Tensas County, LA 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tensas parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.9%.
Tensas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waterproof, LA is leaning liberal.
Tensas County, Louisiana 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.
Waterproof, 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 Waterproof, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $90 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $6 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $7,622 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $953 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)