The city of Breaux Bridge, LA is a vibrant community with a rich cultural heritage. The politics in 70517 Breaux Bridge, LA are closely intertwined with the culture and fabric of the city. As such, many local political candidates run for public office to represent the best interests of their constituents. These candidates come from all walks of life and bring unique perspectives to the table. They focus on issues that are important to their constituents, including education, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and public safety. Local elections often draw large turnout numbers as residents make sure their voices are heard in shaping the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 70517 (Breaux Bridge, LA) is strongly conservative.
St. Martin County, LA is very conservative. In St. Martin County, LA 31.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Martin parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.2%.
St. Martin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70517 (Breaux Bridge, LA) is strongly conservative.
Breaux Bridge, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
St. Martin County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Lafayette Metro Area is very 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.
Breaux Bridge, 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 70517 (Breaux Bridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 231 contributions totaling $22,777 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $116,953 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)