Politics in 70607 Lake Charles, LA is an important part of the local community. The area is governed by city council representatives from each district, chosen through regular elections. City ordinances are voted on and passed to meet the needs of the particular community. Additionally, mayors and other state-level representatives are voted on by citizens in order to represent their interests at a wider level of governance. The primary goals in politics for 70607 Lake Charles, LA include ensuring equitable access to high quality public services for all residents, ensuring fiscal responsibility for taxpayers, and promoting economic development in order to provide jobs and keep the local economy thriving.
The political climate in Zip 70607 (Lake Charles, LA) is moderately conservative.
Calcasieu County, LA is very conservative. In Calcasieu County, LA 31.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Calcasieu parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 31.4%.
Calcasieu county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70607 (Lake Charles, LA) is moderately conservative.
Lake Charles, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Calcasieu County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Lake Charles 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.
Lake Charles, 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 70607 (Lake Charles)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 321 contributions totaling $11,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $45,942 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)