Mansfield, LA is a small town located in DeSoto Parish in the northwest corner of Louisiana. It has a population of approximately 4,500 people and is a very close-knit community. Despite its small size, Mansfield has a vibrant political scene with several candidates running for office in recent years to represent the town at both local and state levels. The candidates have varied backgrounds and experience, but share a commitment to the people of Mansfield by advocating for their needs and striving for better representation within local government. Whether it's finding solutions to infrastructure problems or improving access to educational opportunities, all of the potential candidates strive to make Mansfield an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 71052 (Mansfield, LA) is somewhat 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 71052 (Mansfield, LA) is somewhat conservative.
Mansfield, Louisiana is somewhat 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.
Mansfield, 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 71052 (Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $5,236 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $524 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $27,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)