Oil City, LA is a small town in Caddo Parish with a population of just over 5,000 people. The political atmosphere of Oil City is moderate-conservative and the current mayor is Linda Henderson. The city council consists of six members that are elected by the residents of Oil City. Local elections take place every four years, so citizens have an opportunity to vote on local issues and elect new representatives. Recent initiatives by the council include increasing public safety through additional funding for police officers and providing better educational opportunities for students in the area. The city also works to maintain good relations with surrounding towns while ensuring that Oil City remains a safe and hospitable place to live. In general, Oil City's political landscape is characterized by hard work, compromise, and respect for each other's views.
The political climate in Zip 71061 (Oil City, LA) is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, LA is leaning liberal. In Caddo County, LA 52.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caddo parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.5% to 45.8%.
Caddo county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71061 (Oil City, LA) is leaning conservative.
Oil City, Louisiana is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
Shreveport-Bossier City 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.
Oil City, Louisiana: d r 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 71061 (Oil City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $50 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $6,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $355 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)