70656 Pitkin, LA is a small rural town located in the heart of Louisiana. Political representation of the town is made up of one mayor and five council members. The current Mayor, Joe Smith, was elected in 2018 and has been known for promoting economic development throughout the area. He works with the council to ensure that residents of 70656 Pitkin have access to services and resources they need. Mayor Smith also collaborates with local organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce, Community Development Block Grant Program, and other local nonprofits to help bring new jobs and businesses into the community. Along with providing leadership for the town, Mayor Smith and his team work hard to keep citizens informed about upcoming elections and political events in order to keep them engaged in their local government.
The political climate in Zip 70656 (Pitkin, LA) is very conservative.
Vernon County, LA is very conservative. In Vernon County, LA 16.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Vernon parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.7% to 16.8%.
Vernon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70656 (Pitkin, LA) is very conservative.
Pitkin, Louisiana is very conservative.
Vernon County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Fort Polk South Metro Area is very 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.
Pitkin, 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 70656 (Pitkin)
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 7 contributions totaling $6,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $941 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)