LaSalle, LA County has an active political scene. Local elections are held for the mayor, town council, and other offices each year. All of these positions are filled by individuals who have been elected to serve the community. Residents of LaSalle have the opportunity to vote on all local issues at their local polling station on election day. The candidates running in elections generally come from the same political parties as those running on a state or national level. This allows LaSalle residents to be informed about the policies and platforms of each candidate and make an educated decision when voting for their representatives.
The political climate in LaSalle County, LA is very conservative.
In LaSalle County, LA 9.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 90.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, LaSalle parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 90.1% to 9.0%.
LaSalle county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
LaSalle County, LA is very conservative.
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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.
LaSalle, 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 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 LaSalle County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $14,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $613 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $35,002 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $515 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)