Claiborne, LA County is a small rural community located in the northwestern part of the state. Although it has a very low population, that doesn’t stop its citizens from engaging in politics and making their voices heard. With issues like healthcare, education, and immigration being hot topics in the area, the people of Claiborne take it upon themselves to have meaningful conversations about what policies they wish to see enacted. Local activists regularly reach out to politicians on the local and national level to support causes they deem important and ensure that their voices are heard. Through these efforts, citizens hope to make positive changes for their community in which their families have lived for generations.
The political climate in Claiborne County, LA is somewhat conservative.
In Claiborne County, LA 41.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Claiborne parish remained very strongly Republican, 57.3% to 41.5%.
Claiborne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Claiborne County, LA is somewhat 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.
Claiborne, 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 Claiborne County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 131 contributions totaling $9,524 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $71,305 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)