The city of Lockport, LA (70374) is a small suburban community located north of Houma in Lafourche Parish. The town has an estimated population of 2,000 people, with its citizens being mostly Cajun and French descendants. Lockport is a small town that has seen the impact of state politics in its recent history. Louisiana is known for its deep roots in politics, with the state's House and Senate regularly fighting over issues such as taxes and education reforms. Locally, the city of Lockport has had several local elections over the past few years which have seen great interest from both candidates and voters alike. From mayor elections to propositions on school funding, the people of Lockport are passionate about their hometown’s local politics and take part in many civic activities to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 70374 (Lockport, LA) is very conservative.
Lafourche County, LA is very conservative. In Lafourche County, LA 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafourche parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.1%.
Lafourche county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70374 (Lockport, LA) is very conservative.
Lockport, Louisiana is very conservative.
Lafourche County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Houma-Thibodaux 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.
Lockport, 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 70374 (Lockport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $6,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,550 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $641,837 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)