The politics of Tensas, LA County are an important part of the local community. The county has a Board of Supervisors that is elected by its citizens to represent their interests in local government decisions. There are also local elections for mayor and city council members as well as representatives in the state legislature and Congress. Issues such as taxes, infrastructure, economic development, and education are discussed by the board of supervisors and voted on by the citizens. Additionally, there are numerous organizations and committees dedicated to advancing political causes within Tensas County. These organizations work with local leaders to ensure that the needs of the community are met and that residents have a voice in decision making processes. Through these efforts, Tensas County strives to create an environment where everyone has an equal opportunity to make their voices heard in setting policy for the county.
The political climate in 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
Tensas County, LA is leaning liberal.
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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.
Tensas, 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 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 Tensas County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $142,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,333 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $21,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)