Acadia, LA County has a long-standing tradition of civic engagement and political participation. The county is part of the 5th congressional district and is represented in Washington D.C by Rep. Ralph Abraham. At the state level, it is represented by Senator Eric LaFleur and Representative Major Thibodaux. On the local level, Acadia offers two city council districts that are elected at large on election day with an additional seat appointed by the mayor. Acadia also has a mayor-council form of government where the mayor has executive authority over administrative duties while the council is responsible for legislative functions such as approving budgets and deciding local laws. Voters in Acadia have an important role in deciding who will represent them in office through participating in elections to decide who will lead their community on these important issues.
The political climate in Acadia County, LA is very conservative.
In Acadia County, LA 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Acadia parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 19.1%.
Acadia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Acadia County, LA is very conservative.
Lafayette Metro Area is very 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.
Acadia, 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 Acadia County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $20,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 403 contributions totaling $209,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $520 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)