Rayne, Louisiana is a small city located in Acadia Parish with a population of 7,992 as of the 2019 United States Census. Although the city itself is small, it has a thriving political culture with several active local elected officials and candidates for office. The Mayor of Rayne is Chuck Robichaux who was elected into office in 2017 and serves alongside four City Council Members. These members are John Broussard, Jr., Clyde Taylor, Steve Bourgeois, and Nicole Lewis. Recently there have been two candidates running for mayor in the upcoming primary elections. The first candidate is incumbent Mayor Chuck Robichaux and the second candidate is Thomas Hebert. The election will be a competitive one as both candidates have strong records of community involvement and leadership.
The political climate in Zip 70578 (Rayne, LA) is strongly conservative.
Acadia County, LA is very conservative. In Acadia County, LA 19.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Acadia parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.5% to 19.1%.
Acadia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70578 (Rayne, LA) is strongly conservative.
Rayne, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Acadia County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Lafayette 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.
Rayne, 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 70578 (Rayne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,321 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 123 contributions totaling $46,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)