Lafourche Parish, located in Louisiana's South Central region, is home to a diverse and vibrant political landscape. The parish is represented at the state level by several legislators, including State Representative Jerome Zeringue, State Senator Norby Chabert and U.S. Representative Garret Graves. At the local level, Lafourche Parish has a seven-member Parish Council that oversees various issues such as economic development, public safety and infrastructure. The council is comprised of members from each of the seven districts within the parish, with each member elected by the citizens of their respective district every four years. Additionally, there are many other political organizations in Lafourche Parish that help shape policy and provide services to its constituents. Among these are the Lafourche Association of Businesses and Industries (LAB) which provides advocacy for local businesses on issues such as taxation and regulation; the Citizens for Good Government which works to educate residents about their rights; and numerous nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving life in the parish and helping those in need. With so many voices involved in politics in Lafourche Parish, it's no wonder that it is a great place to live with an active civic participation that helps contribute to its success.
The political climate in Lafourche County, LA is very conservative.
In Lafourche County, LA 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafourche parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.1%.
Lafourche county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lafourche County, LA is very conservative.
Houma-Thibodaux 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.
Lafourche, 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 Lafourche County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 183 contributions totaling $77,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,270 contributions totaling $4,091,255 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)