Bossier City, LA is located in the northwest corner of Louisiana and is home to more than 66,000 residents. It has a mayor-council form of government with six council members who are elected at large. The Mayor serves as the Chief Executive Officer and is responsible for overseeing the operations of the City. The city also boasts numerous state representatives and senators who serve on various committees and commissions within the local legislature. In addition to this, Bossier City also has a number of private organizations that work to enhance and expand civic life in the community, such as the Chamber of Commerce and United Way. All these entities work together to ensure that Bossier City remains a vibrant place to live, work, and raise a family.
The political climate in Zip 71112 (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 71112 (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 71112 (Bossier City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 314 contributions totaling $26,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 263 contributions totaling $60,699 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)