Iberia, LA County is a small, rural community located in the Southeastern part of the state. It has experienced a long history of political involvement and activism, with residents coming together to voice their opinions on important local issues. In recent years, Iberia has seen an increase in political engagement with several local candidates running for office in both county and state elections. Residents have had the opportunity to participate in town hall meetings, campaign rallies, and other events to become more informed about current candidates and their respective platforms. Although Iberia's population is relatively small, its importance in the larger context of Louisiana politics cannot be understated. The people of Iberia are passionate about protecting their rights and ensuring that they are represented fairly by elected officials at all levels of government.
The political climate in Iberia County, LA is strongly conservative.
In Iberia County, LA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iberia parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.7%.
Iberia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iberia County, LA is strongly 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.
Iberia, 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 Iberia County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 790 contributions totaling $59,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 706 contributions totaling $422,117 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $598 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)