Lafayette, LA (70508) is a city full of vibrant culture and strong community ties. Politically, the city is known for its active engagement in local government and progressive policies. The city is represented by two congressional districts in the U.S. House of Representatives. On the state level, Lafayette is represented by three state senators and six state representatives in the Louisiana State legislature. At the local level, Lafayette has a Mayor-Council form of government with seven members elected to serve on the City Council for four-year terms. The City Council works closely with Mayor-President Josh Guillory to make important policy decisions that affect all areas of life in Lafayette. Recently, Lafayette has been working to pass an ordinance allowing residents to vote on whether or not they want to allow payday loan businesses within city limits, which seeks to protect citizens from predatory lending practices. Local candidates in Lafayette have also been actively debating issues such as healthcare reform, economic development, public safety, and environmental protection.
The political climate in Zip 70508 (Lafayette, LA) is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, LA is strongly conservative. In Lafayette County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.7%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70508 (Lafayette, LA) is moderately conservative.
Lafayette, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Lafayette, 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 70508 (Lafayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 582 contributions totaling $109,730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,572 contributions totaling $2,087,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,328 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)