Located in Allen Parish in Louisiana, 70655 Oberlin is a small town of 1,424 people. This rural community is heavily influenced by local politics and the elections that occur here every year. The candidates for local office are often known within the community and have deep ties to the area, as well as backgrounds in business, education and other fields. Every year during election season, the townspeople come together to discuss the merits of each candidate and vote on them. As with any small town, Oberlin has its own unique approach to politics that all citizens should be aware of before they cast their ballots.
The political climate in Zip 70655 (Oberlin, LA) is very conservative.
Allen County, LA is very conservative. In Allen County, LA 21.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allen parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.2% to 21.5%.
Allen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70655 (Oberlin, LA) is very conservative.
Oberlin, Louisiana is very conservative.
Allen 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.
Oberlin, 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 70655 (Oberlin)
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 8 contributions totaling $1,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)