St. Landry Parish, located in Louisiana's Acadiana region, is an area with a rich political history and culture. The local government of St. Landry is composed of elected officials who work hard to ensure the needs of their constituents are met. Elected officials such as Sheriff Bobby J. Guidroz and Coroner Dr. Theodore Cliché serve on the St. Landry Parish Council, representing the citizens of St. Landry at the local level. Additionally, State Representatives like Julie Emerson and Major Thibaut represent St. Landry in the Louisiana State Legislature, advocating for policies that will benefit not only their constituents but all Louisianans as well. While there is a wide array of politicians from various backgrounds and ideologies in St. Landry Parish, citizens have come together over common interests to keep the parish moving forward towards a brighter future.
The political climate in St. Landry County, LA is somewhat conservative.
In St. Landry County, LA 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Landry parish remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 42.2%.
St. Landry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Landry County, LA is somewhat conservative.
Opelousas 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.
St. Landry, Louisiana: d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 St. Landry County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 401 contributions totaling $41,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 662 contributions totaling $353,053 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $533 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)