The small town of Lecompte, LA (zip code 71346) is situated in the heart of Rapides Parish. As with many small towns throughout the US, Lecompte is part of a larger political system where its citizens are represented in local and state government. At the local level, citizens in Lecompte are able to vote in elections for mayoral and school board races as well as for members of city councils or other local government and boards such as planning commissions. In addition to these local political elections, the residents of Lecompte are also able to participate in state-wide voting for their elected representatives at both the Louisiana House and Senate levels. This includes voting for candidates from all major political parties including Democratic, Republican, Libertarian, Green Party, Independent, Reform Party among others. All these different types of politics are essential to ensure that all voices are heard on important issues like education funding and public safety laws. By understanding how politics works both locally and statewide, residents in Lecompte can help make sure their voices are heard when it comes time to vote.
The political climate in Zip 71346 (Lecompte, LA) is strongly conservative.
Rapides County, LA is very conservative. In Rapides County, LA 33.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rapides parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 33.1%.
Rapides county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71346 (Lecompte, LA) is strongly conservative.
Lecompte, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Rapides County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Alexandria 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.
Lecompte, 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 71346 (Lecompte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $4,361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $363 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)