The town of Shongaloo, LA (Zip code 71072) is served by a variety of local political entities. It is part of the Webster Parish in Louisiana, and the mayor of nearby Minden serves as an ex officio member on the Shongaloo Town Council. The town council is comprised of seven members who are elected to four-year terms and hold open meetings twice each month. The board oversees a number of services including public works, fire protection, zoning enforcement, parks and recreation, and building inspections. Additionally, Town residents are represented by state legislators in the Louisiana House of Representatives and Senate. In addition to these representatives there are also local civic organizations such as the Kiwanis Club that help foster a sense of community in Shongaloo. All in all, locals enjoy access to many levels of government representation which helps them maintain their rights and freedoms as citizens.
The political climate in Zip 71072 (Shongaloo, LA) is strongly conservative.
Webster County, LA is strongly conservative. In Webster County, LA 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Webster parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 33.9%.
Webster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71072 (Shongaloo, LA) is strongly conservative.
Shongaloo, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Webster County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Shreveport-Bossier City Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Shongaloo, 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 71072 (Shongaloo)
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 10 contributions totaling $780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)