The city of Norwood in 70761 is a small, vibrant community located in East Feliciana Parish in Louisiana. As with many cities in the parish, politics are an important part of life and civic engagement. The majority of the population identifies as conservative and there is a strong emphasis on family values. Despite being a small city, it has an active local political scene which involves multiple candidates vying for local positions every election season. Local politicians focus on issues that affect residents’ daily lives such as education, public safety, jobs, infrastructure and development. The current mayor was elected to his second term in 2017 and is dedicated to making Norwood a better place to live and work by focusing on economic growth, improving infrastructure, and increasing public services. With such passionate leaders committed to making Norwood thrive, this city is sure to continue its prosperous momentum into the future.
The political climate in Zip 70761 (Norwood, LA) is somewhat conservative.
East Feliciana County, LA is moderately conservative. In East Feliciana County, LA 40.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, East Feliciana parish remained very strongly Republican, 57.7% to 40.7%.
East Feliciana county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70761 (Norwood, LA) is somewhat conservative.
Norwood, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
East Feliciana County, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Baton Rouge 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.
Norwood, 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 70761 (Norwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,993 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)