Scott, Louisiana is located in the heart of Acadiana and features a population of over 10,000 residents. The city has been in existence since the mid 19th century and is currently governed by a mayor-council form of government. The Mayor of Scott is Kenneth Boudreaux who has been serving since 2012. The City Council consists of five members including President Chris Jagneaux, Vice President Ronnie Cormier, and Secretary/Treasurer Terry Richard.
Scott's local politics are focused on preserving the city's heritage while creating a modernized infrastructure that will support the growing needs of its citizens. Issues within Scott such as public safety, economic development, traffic congestion relief, and providing quality recreational opportunities are all important topics for local politicians to address. Since its inception Scott has had several successful initiatives to improve the quality of life for its citizens that have included road improvements, upgrades to city parks, and additional funding for public transportation systems.
The political climate in Zip 70583 (Scott, LA) is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, LA is strongly conservative. In Lafayette County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lafayette parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.7%.
Lafayette county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70583 (Scott, LA) is moderately conservative.
Scott, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Lafayette County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Scott, 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 70583 (Scott)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $1,770 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $61,471 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $809 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)