Bossier City, Louisiana is a city located in Bossier Parish with a population of over 68,000 people. It has a thriving economy and strong sense of community. Politically, Bossier City is dominated by Republicans. The current mayor is Lo Walker, a Republican who was first elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2017. The city council consists of nine members, all from the Republican Party. Other notable political figures include Congressman Mike Johnson and Governor John Bel Edwards. In terms of policy issues, the primary focus of the local government is on economic growth and job creation as well as educational opportunities for young people. Local tax incentives are also being used to attract new businesses to the area. Overall, Bossier City's politics lean towards conservative values while still allowing for progressive initiatives that benefit its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 71111 (Bossier City, LA) is strongly conservative.
Bossier County, LA is very conservative. In Bossier County, LA 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bossier parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.7%.
Bossier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71111 (Bossier City, LA) is strongly conservative.
Bossier City, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Bossier County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Shreveport-Bossier City 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.
Bossier City, 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 71111 (Bossier City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 190 contributions totaling $178,422 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $939 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 606 contributions totaling $365,937 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $604 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)