The city of Arcadia, Louisiana (zip code 71001) is an active political environment. Located in Bienville Parish, the city is represented on the local level by many different elected officials, from members of the parish and school boards to representatives in the state legislature. Voters in Arcadia have access to a variety of resources which provide information on local candidates and political issues. Many local organizations host forums for debates and citizens are encouraged to attend these events to stay informed. In addition, voters can look to their elected officials’ websites for up-to-date information on important political topics such as taxation and economic development initiatives. As a result, citizens of this small town are well aware of their political environment and take time to research candidates before heading to the polls each election season.
The political climate in Zip 71001 (Arcadia, LA) is leaning conservative.
Bienville County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Bienville County, LA 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bienville parish remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 43.5%.
Bienville county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71001 (Arcadia, LA) is leaning conservative.
Arcadia, Louisiana is leaning conservative.
Bienville County, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
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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.
Arcadia, 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 71001 (Arcadia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $3,604 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $13,155 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)