The small town of Colfax, LA (zip code 71417) is located in northern Louisiana. Despite its small size, the town has a vibrant political climate with many local issues that are important to its citizens. In the recent election, voters were faced with choosing between two candidates who had different views on key issues such as public safety, education, and economic development. The election was close and ultimately the challenger won in a tight race. Since then, locals have been engaging in open dialogue about what is best for their community and how they can move forward together towards a brighter future. With strong support from both sides of the aisle, it's clear that Colfax residents are passionate about their politics and will continue to take an active role in governing their community.
The political climate in Zip 71417 (Colfax, LA) is strongly conservative.
Grant County, LA is very conservative. In Grant County, LA 12.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.4% to 12.3%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71417 (Colfax, LA) is strongly conservative.
Colfax, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Alexandria 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.
Colfax, 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 71417 (Colfax)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $4,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)