Union is a small town located in the Los Angeles County region of California. The city operates under a Council-Manager form of government, which consists of five elected officials that help to represent the community. Overseeing all aspects of local government are Mayor Vern Hoke and four councilmembers: Angie Williams, John Michael Pina, Tom Huggins, and Lola Johnson. Each official is elected for a four-year term with elections taking place every two years. Union's government works to ensure the safety and well-being of its citizens by providing high quality services in police protection, firefighting, health care, education, transportation infrastructure, housing development and more. Additionally they work to advocate for the community's needs by collaborating with state and county governments as well as other agencies and organizations. As residents of Union are proud to call it home, they take their civic responsibility seriously in supporting local politicians who share their values and vision for the future.
The political climate in Union County, LA is very conservative.
In Union County, LA 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 23.7%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union County, LA is very 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.
Union, 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 Union County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $9,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $384 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 217 contributions totaling $59,143 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $273 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)