Politics in 71254 Lake Providence, LA are strongly influenced by the local population. The city is served by two state representatives, Democrat Quincy Hodges and Republican Patricia Smith, as well as one U.S. Representative from the Fourth Congressional District, Republican Mike Johnson. These representatives work to best serve the needs and interests of their constituents in Lake Providence and its surrounding areas. The city also has a mayor-council form of government that works to address the various issues facing the city and make decisions on behalf of its citizens. Additionally, there are regularly held town hall meetings for residents to voice their concerns and get involved in local politics if they choose to do so. All of these efforts work together to ensure that all of the citizens in Lake Providence can have a voice when it comes to determining how their community is run.
The political climate in Zip 71254 (Lake Providence, LA) is moderately liberal.
East Carroll County, LA is strongly liberal. In East Carroll County, LA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, East Carroll parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
East Carroll county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71254 (Lake Providence, LA) is moderately liberal.
Lake Providence, Louisiana is moderately liberal.
East Carroll County, Louisiana is strongly liberal.
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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.
Lake Providence, Louisiana: D D 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 71254 (Lake Providence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 99 contributions totaling $83,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $841 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)