Marksville, Louisiana is situated in the heart of Avoyelles Parish. The area has rich cultural roots and a deep-rooted history of government and politics. The city elects its Mayor and City Council members at large, based on the population of Marksville. Currently, the mayor is John Lemoine and the five members of council are Jay Morris, Holly Nunez, Robert Hilliard, Alton Rachal, and Andy Vallot. Politics in Marksville have long been dominated by local Democrats but more recently there has been a push for greater Republican representation. In recent years, Marksville's political landscape has become increasingly diverse with debates about issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, education funding, and public safety all being discussed in the city's municipal meetings. The future for politics in Marksville looks bright as the city continues to develop and grow alongside its neighbors in Avoyelles Parish.
The political climate in Zip 71351 (Marksville, LA) is strongly conservative.
Avoyelles County, LA is very conservative. In Avoyelles County, LA 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Avoyelles parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.8%.
Avoyelles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71351 (Marksville, LA) is strongly conservative.
Marksville, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Avoyelles County, Louisiana is very conservative.
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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.
Marksville, 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 71351 (Marksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 135 contributions totaling $400,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,968 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 72 contributions totaling $209,186 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,905 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)