The small town of 71219 Baskin, LA has a long standing tradition of strong political engagement from its citizens. This is evident in the many local elections that come and go every year as the town makes its decisions about what kind of leadership it wants to represent them in government. In these elections, qualified local candidates must present their platforms and ideas for improvements in the area so that residents can make an informed decision on who to support. These candidates often include representatives from both major parties as well as independent hopefuls offering an alternative perspective. With each election, 71219 Baskin, LA strives to empower its citizens by providing a clear choice when it comes to deciding who will best serve their community.
The political climate in Zip 71219 (Baskin, LA) is very conservative.
Franklin County, LA is very conservative. In Franklin County, LA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.3%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71219 (Baskin, LA) is very conservative.
Baskin, Louisiana is very conservative.
Franklin County, Louisiana is very 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.
Baskin, 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 zip 71219 (Baskin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)