Roanoke, Louisiana is an unincorporated community located in Rapides Parish. It is a small rural area with a population of only about 200 people. The Roanoke area is governed by the Rapides Parish Council which consists of five members elected to four year terms by the citizens of the parish. The Roanoke area has one of the oldest and most historic communities in Rapides Parish with its roots dating back to the early 1800’s when it was part of Natchitoches County. Although there is no local political candidate from 70581 Roanoke, LA, residents are represented in local government matters by their elected officials on the parish council. These representatives work hard to ensure that all citizens of this rural area have their voices heard and that their needs are met.
The political climate in Zip 70581 (Roanoke, LA) is very conservative.
Jefferson Davis County, LA is very conservative. In Jefferson Davis County, LA 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson Davis parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.0% to 21.6%.
Jefferson Davis county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70581 (Roanoke, LA) is very conservative.
Roanoke, Louisiana is very conservative.
Jefferson Davis County, Louisiana is very 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.
Roanoke, 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 70581 (Roanoke)
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 3 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)