Louisiana State is a state with a rich history of political involvement from both local and national levels. The state has been known for its long-standing and often tumultuous politics. From deep south politics to the more modern progressive ideals, Louisiana State has seen it all. Locally, Louisiana State holds several important offices including Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Superintendent of Education, Treasurer and Agriculture Commissioner that are each elected by citizens of the state every 4 years. In addition to these offices there are also many local city councils and county governments responsible for addressing local issues in their respective areas.
The political climate in Louisiana is moderately conservative.
In Louisiana 39.9% of the people voted for the Democratic Party in the last presidential election, 58.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted for an Independent Party.
In the last Presidential election, Louisiana remained very strongly Republican, 58.5% to 39.9%.
Louisiana voted Republican in the previous six Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Louisiana, 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 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Louisiana
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84,358 contributions totaling $13,073,385 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52,782 contributions totaling $40,859,777 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $774 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)