The city of Ruston, LA (71272) is a thriving community that has an active political landscape. Residents of this municipality have the opportunity to engage with their local representatives either through attending town hall meetings or the multitude of social media outlets available. The current Mayor, Ronny Walker, has held office for the last five years and works to promote economic development in Ruston. He also encourages civic engagement by facilitating town hall meetings and events where citizens can voice their opinions on various issues. Additionally, the city council is composed of four members from different districts and they together work to ensure that Ruston remains a vibrant place to live. All of these committed political representatives strive to make sure that Ruston remains a safe and prosperous city for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 71272 (Ruston, LA) is leaning conservative.
Lincoln County, LA is moderately conservative. In Lincoln County, LA 39.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln parish remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.2%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71272 (Ruston, LA) is leaning conservative.
Ruston, Louisiana is leaning conservative.
Lincoln County, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Ruston Metro Area is moderately 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.
Ruston, 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 71272 (Ruston)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)