The small town of Newellton, LA, located in 71357, is a tight-knit community with an abundance of local pride. This proud community is home to a variety of political opinions and beliefs that are represented by individuals from all walks of life. Every two years, the citizens who live in this zip code come together to elect a mayor as well as representatives for the city council and school board. During each election cycle, local candidates make their case to the citizens to be elected and share their vision for the future of this small town. With passionate debates and lively discussions among the citizens, these elections bring out much enthusiasm within the community and truly highlight the importance of politics in Newellton's culture.
The political climate in Zip 71357 (Newellton, LA) is leaning liberal.
Tensas County, LA is leaning liberal. In Tensas County, LA 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tensas parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.9%.
Tensas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71357 (Newellton, LA) is leaning liberal.
Newellton, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
Tensas County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
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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.
Newellton, Louisiana: d d d D d d
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 71357 (Newellton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $3,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)