Oak Ridge, LA is a small town in Louisiana with a population of around 8,000 people. The town is governed by the Oak Ridge City Council, which consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. The current mayor of Oak Ridge is Mayor Gerald “Doc” Jones who was elected in 2019. The city council meets every second and fourth Tuesday of each month to discuss community issues and pass local laws. Local political candidates for office in Oak Ridge include Council Member John Bourgeois running for re-election and Robert “Bob” Roberts running for mayor. Both candidates have worked hard to develop their platforms and have expressed commitment to making Oak Ridge a better place for its citizens. Residents will be able to vote in November 2020 to decide which candidate will take office.
The political climate in Zip 71264 (Oak Ridge, LA) is moderately conservative.
Morehouse County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Morehouse County, LA 42.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morehouse parish remained strongly Republican, 56.2% to 42.7%.
Morehouse county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71264 (Oak Ridge, LA) is moderately conservative.
Oak Ridge, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Morehouse County, Louisiana is somewhat 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.
Oak Ridge, 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 71264 (Oak Ridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,790 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)