The town of Port Barre, LA 70577 is a small community located in the southern part of the state. The population of this town is approximately 2,700 people and is mainly comprised of African American and Caucasian citizens. Politically speaking, Port Barre is primarily Republican-leaning with most local politicians coming from that party. There are no current city or county offices held by any candidate from outside the major two parties. Much of the political focus in Port Barre centers on issues like education, maintaining roads and infrastructure, and ensuring public safety. Local politicians have been working hard to make sure that the needs of their constituents are met and that their voices are heard in government decisions. It is clear that politics has an important role in this small Louisiana community and its residents take it seriously.
The political climate in Zip 70577 (Port Barre, LA) is moderately conservative.
St. Landry County, LA is somewhat conservative. In St. Landry County, LA 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Landry parish remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 42.2%.
St. Landry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70577 (Port Barre, LA) is moderately conservative.
Port Barre, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
St. Landry County, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
Opelousas 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.
Port Barre, Louisiana: d 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 70577 (Port Barre)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $6,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $506 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)