In 71291 Claiborne, LA, the politics are dominated by the local government of Lincoln Parish. This area is served by a five-member Board of Supervisors, which is elected to four year terms. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for setting the budget and making decisions related to infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. In addition to this board, there are several local elected officials that represent their constituents in matters related to the parish as a whole. These leaders include Sheriff Mike Stone, District Attorney John Belton, and Parish Clerk of Court David Sibley Jr., who all have a long history of serving their community with integrity and dedication. In recent years, these leaders have worked together to help promote economic development throughout the parish while also maintaining a safe environment for all citizens.
The political climate in Zip 71291 (Claiborne, LA) is moderately conservative.
Ouachita County, LA is moderately conservative. In Ouachita County, LA 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ouachita parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.1% to 37.5%.
Ouachita county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71291 (Claiborne, LA) is moderately conservative.
Claiborne, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Ouachita County, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Monroe Metro Area is strongly 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.
Claiborne, 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 71291 (Claiborne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 105 contributions totaling $15,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 405 contributions totaling $106,766 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)