The small town of Lacombe, LA, located in the 70445 zip code, is part of the larger St. Tammany Parish area. Although the population of Lacombe is relatively small, politics are still an important part of life in this community. The local government consists of a mayor and council members who work to ensure the daily operations of the town run smoothly and that services such as street maintenance and public safety are provided. Mayor Timothy Flores was elected to office in 2020 and serves alongside six council members who have been elected for a variety of positions over the years. In addition to local politics, citizens of Lacombe also participate actively in national politics by voting in elections, attending local political events, and talking with their representatives about issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Zip 70445 (Lacombe, LA) is very conservative.
St. Tammany County, LA is very conservative. In St. Tammany County, LA 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Tammany parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
St. Tammany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70445 (Lacombe, LA) is very conservative.
Lacombe, Louisiana is very conservative.
St. Tammany County, Louisiana is very conservative.
New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Lacombe, 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 70445 (Lacombe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 173 contributions totaling $14,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $49,587 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $517 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)