Gueydan, Louisiana is a small rural town located in Acadia Parish with a population of 1,102. It has historically been a primarily agricultural town and is known for its duck festival. The politics in 70542 Gueydan LA are dominated by the Democratic Party due to the numerous small plantations that have traditionally been present in the area. On the local level, there are several candidates running for office that include incumbents Mayor Kenny Scelfo and Alderman Robert \"Robbie\" Champagne Jr as well as challengers Robert Hebert, Justin Scelfo, and John Broussard. Each candidate brings their own vision and ideas to the table, making it an exciting election season for locals.
The political climate in Zip 70542 (Gueydan, LA) is very conservative.
Vermilion County, LA is very conservative. In Vermilion County, LA 18.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vermilion parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.3% to 18.3%.
Vermilion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70542 (Gueydan, LA) is very conservative.
Gueydan, Louisiana is very conservative.
Vermilion 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.
Gueydan, 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 70542 (Gueydan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $3,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $7,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)