Hosston, LA is a small town located in Caddo Parish. The local politics of Hosston center around the issues that affect its citizens. Some of the most important issues that have been discussed by local political candidates include education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. These are key elements to creating a thriving community that Hosston strives to accomplish. Candidates for office have made commitments to investing in new educational initiatives, improving services such as police and fire protection, making improvements to local roads and other public works projects, and creating incentives for businesses to open their doors in Hosston. This has been beneficial for the residents of this small town as it has enabled them to take part in their local government and shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 71043 (Hosston, 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 71043 (Hosston, LA) is leaning conservative.
Hosston, 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.
Hosston, 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 71043 (Hosston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)