Gilliam, LA is a small town located in Caddo Parish in the state of Louisiana. Despite its small size, Gilliam has an active political climate. The local government is run by the Caddo Parish Board of Commissioners and other elected officials. This board is responsible for the day to day activities of the community as well as making decisions regarding taxes, public services, and zoning. Local elections are held for parish commissioners every four years to determine who will serve on this board. In addition to the parish board of commissioners there are also several elected positions that fall under their jurisdiction such as mayor and school board members.
The citizens of Gilliam vote in various elections as well as referendums throughout the year on issues that impact their lives including school funding and property disputes. Residents actively participate in these elections and take pride in their right to vote for candidates that they believe will best represent them and their interests. The residents of Gilliam are dedicated to ensuring that their voices are heard when it comes to deciding who governs them and how they live their lives on a daily basis.
The political climate in Zip 71029 (Gilliam, LA) is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, LA is leaning liberal. In Caddo County, LA 52.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caddo parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.5% to 45.8%.
Caddo county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71029 (Gilliam, LA) is leaning conservative.
Gilliam, Louisiana is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
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.
Gilliam, Louisiana: d r d d d d
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 71029 (Gilliam)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $2,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,000 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)