The small town of Raceland, LA is located in the heart of Lafourche Parish. It has a population of about 6,000 people and is a closely knit community with strong ties to their local government. Politically speaking, Raceland citizens are very active and often vote in every election. The local political issues that impact Raceland and its residents focus mainly on public safety, economic growth, education, infrastructure, and the environment. Residents are passionate about making sure their town remains safe and prosperous for future generations. Local candidates running for office here must be willing to listen to the community and understand their needs if they want to be elected.
The political climate in Zip 70394 (Raceland, LA) is strongly conservative.
Lafourche County, LA is very conservative. In Lafourche County, LA 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafourche parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.4% to 19.1%.
Lafourche county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70394 (Raceland, LA) is strongly conservative.
Raceland, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Lafourche County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Houma-Thibodaux 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.
Raceland, 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 70394 (Raceland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $8,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $76,638 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $912 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)