Ouachita, LA County is located in the North Central region of Louisiana and its politics are heavily influenced by the Republican-controlled state government. This area has historically been a conservative stronghold, with Republican politicians dominating local elections for decades. As such, many of the political issues that affect residents of Ouachita are determined at the state level. There is no local election to name specific candidates as mayors or other officials; instead, citizens can participate by voting in state and federal elections every two years. The Republican Party continues to have strong support in the area, although Democratic candidates occasionally make appearances on ballots in some areas. Issues that specifically affect Ouachita County include infrastructure development and environmental protection, which both require significant investments from the state government. Residents of Ouachita County remain committed to ensuring that their voices are heard in state and national politics so that their needs are met.
The political climate in Ouachita County, LA is moderately conservative.
In Ouachita County, LA 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ouachita parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.5%.
Ouachita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ouachita County, LA is moderately conservative.
Monroe Metro Area is strongly 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.
Ouachita, 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 Ouachita County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,508 contributions totaling $159,260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,572 contributions totaling $758,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $482 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)