Logansport is an unincorporated community located in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. Located along the banks of the Red River, Logansport is a rural town with a population of approximately 1,300 people. It is part of the Shreveport-Bossier City Metropolitan Statistical Area and maintains a small-town feel even while surrounded by larger cities.
The politics of Logansport are dictated by its involvement in DeSoto Parish government. All residents vote for local officials such as Mayor and Board of Aldermen Members every four years when elections roll around. The community also votes for state representatives in even numbered years. In addition to this, Logansport residents may also choose to participate in national voting as well.
The political climate in Zip 71049 (Logansport, LA) is moderately conservative.
De Soto County, LA is strongly conservative. In De Soto County, LA 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, De Soto parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 37.0%.
De Soto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71049 (Logansport, LA) is moderately conservative.
Logansport, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
De Soto County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Shreveport-Bossier City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Logansport, 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 71049 (Logansport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)