The small town of Paincourtville, LA is located in Assumption Parish and has a population of 709. The area is governed by the mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected directly by the citizens. The town council consists of five members who are elected from single-member wards. All members serve four-year terms and are responsible for passing ordinances, approving budgets, and setting policy. In addition to local politicians, Paincourtville residents can also engage with state representatives on issues that affect them. Currently, some of the major political issues in Paincourtville include funding public schools, improving infrastructure, and increasing economic development opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 70391 (Paincourtville, LA) is strongly conservative.
Assumption County, LA is strongly conservative. In Assumption County, LA 34.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Assumption parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.7% to 34.1%.
Assumption county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70391 (Paincourtville, LA) is strongly conservative.
Paincourtville, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Assumption County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Paincourtville, Louisiana: d d 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 70391 (Paincourtville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $60 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $5,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $725 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)