Jennings, LA is a small city located in Jeff Davis Parish in South Louisiana. The city has become increasingly involved in the local political scene with a strong sense of civic engagement. The citizens of Jennings have organized around several local causes and have made their voices heard in the local elections that take place every few years. Through participation in these elections, Jennings residents work to elect leaders who will represent their interests on the local level and ensure their needs are met by their government. Recently, Jennings elected new council members to fill vacant positions, and locals continue to stay active in the political process by engaging with candidates and advocating for issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Zip 70546 (Jennings, LA) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson Davis County, LA is very conservative. In Jefferson Davis County, LA 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson Davis parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 21.6%.
Jefferson Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70546 (Jennings, LA) is strongly conservative.
Jennings, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Jefferson Davis County, Louisiana is very conservative.
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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.
Jennings, 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 70546 (Jennings)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $1,050 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $122,922 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $691 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)