Catahoula, located in Louisiana's La Salle Parish, is a small rural town with a population of around 1,500 people. The politics in the area are largely conservative and dominated by the Republican Party. Most of the local elections are won by Republican candidates who promote traditional values and prioritize fiscal responsibility. Local elected officials focus on issues that affect their constituents such as road maintenance, flood control, job creation, and economic development. The citizens of Catahoula are proud of their community and take part in local politics to ensure that it remains an attractive place to live and grow.
The political climate in Catahoula County, LA is very conservative.
In Catahoula County, LA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Catahoula parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 26.1%.
Catahoula county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Catahoula 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.
Catahoula, 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 Catahoula County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $10,878 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $7,901 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)