East Carroll Parish is located in Louisiana, near the Arkansas border. It is a small rural area that faces unique political challenges due to its isolated location and limited resources. Despite its small size, residents are very active in their local politics. The East Carroll Parish Council is the governing body of the parish and plays an important role in representing the interests of its citizens. Elections for positions on the council are held every four years and candidates often come from diverse backgrounds. Issues facing East Carroll include access to healthcare, education, jobs and economic development, infrastructure improvements, and protecting the environment. Local politicians strive to ensure that these issues are properly addressed by utilizing available resources while also looking ahead to the future of East Carroll Parish.
The political climate in East Carroll County, LA is strongly liberal.
In East Carroll County, LA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, East Carroll parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
East Carroll county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Carroll County, LA is strongly 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.
East Carroll, 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 East Carroll County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $85,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $810 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)