The city of Opelousas, LA (70570) is located in the heart of Louisiana's Cajun Country. It has a rich cultural and political history as it is home to multiple generations of families that have called this city home for over 150 years. The current mayor is Julius Alsandor, who was elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2020. He has worked to bring economic growth and development to the area and helped build a better future for its citizens. Additionally, he has promoted the preservation of the unique culture and heritage that can be found here. On the state level, Louisiana State Senator Charles Boustany represents Opelousas and works on behalf of constituents at both the state and local levels. He is passionate about helping his constituents improve their quality of life through education, healthcare, transportation infrastructure, business support, and other issues important to those living in Opelousas. Both Mayor Alsandor and Senator Boustany continually strive for progress for their community by advocating for change on a variety of issues facing the people of Opelousas today.
The political climate in Zip 70570 (Opelousas, LA) is leaning conservative.
St. Landry County, LA is somewhat conservative. In St. Landry County, LA 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Landry parish remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 42.2%.
St. Landry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70570 (Opelousas, LA) is leaning conservative.
Opelousas, Louisiana is leaning conservative.
St. Landry County, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
Opelousas Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Opelousas, Louisiana: d 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 zip 70570 (Opelousas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 238 contributions totaling $17,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $104,083 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)