The politics in 70726 Denham Springs, LA are heavily influenced by the strong sense of community and desire to make the area a better place to live for all. The city is part of the Livingston Parish and is represented at the local level by several elected officials who work hard to ensure that local needs are addressed. At the state level, Senator Sharon Hewitt serves District 9 which encompasses Denham Springs. In Congress, Garret Graves represents Denham Springs and all of Louisiana in Washington D.C. In addition to these two representatives, Livingston Parish also has its own Board of Commissioners which serves as a governing body for the parish. With so many avenues to engage in politics at both the local and federal levels, Denham Springs residents have significant opportunities to make their voices heard on issues important to them.
The political climate in Zip 70726 (Denham Springs, LA) is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, LA is very conservative. In Livingston County, LA 14.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.1% to 14.2%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70726 (Denham Springs, LA) is strongly conservative.
Denham Springs, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Livingston County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Baton Rouge 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.
Denham Springs, 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 70726 (Denham Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $72,069 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $450 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 331 contributions totaling $64,565 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)