Ringgold, Louisiana is a small town located in Bienville Parish with a population of about 1,900. The local politics of Ringgold are managed by the mayor and city council. The current mayor is Mayor David Bishop, who was elected in 2014 and began his tenure in 2015. He is supported by an experienced team of councilors dedicated to maintaining the quality of life for all residents. The city council members are Jay Ray Harris, Kelly Barnes, John Riddle, Billy Stinson, and Paul Alexander. They hold regular meetings to discuss and debate pressing issues that affect the community, such as the best way to manage the budget or how to improve infrastructure. With their combined efforts they work together to ensure that Ringgold remains a safe place to live.
The political climate in Zip 71068 (Ringgold, LA) is somewhat conservative.
Bienville County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Bienville County, LA 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bienville parish remained strongly Republican, 55.2% to 43.5%.
Bienville county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71068 (Ringgold, LA) is somewhat conservative.
Ringgold, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
Bienville County, Louisiana is somewhat 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.
Ringgold, 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 71068 (Ringgold)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $4,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $820 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $4,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)