71105 Shreveport, LA is located in the northwest corner of Louisiana and is a bustling city with a population of over 200,000. Politically speaking, the city of Shreveport follows the state's Democratic Party trends. The current mayor is Adrian Perkins who was elected during a run-off election in 2018. His platform included improving public safety and economic development throughout the city. During his term, Mayor Perkins has established an anti-crime task force that has proven successful in reducing crime rates in the area. Furthermore, he has also attempted to improve infrastructure and provide incentives for businesses to invest in low-income neighborhoods. As far as local political candidates are concerned, there are several running for office in 71105 Shreveport at both county and state levels. These include incumbent mayor Adrian Perkins, former Governor John Bel Edwards, State Representative Barbara Norton and many more who are working hard to make a difference in their community.
The political climate in Zip 71105 (Shreveport, LA) is leaning liberal.
Caddo County, LA is leaning liberal. In Caddo County, LA 52.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caddo parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.5% to 45.8%.
Caddo county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71105 (Shreveport, LA) is leaning liberal.
Shreveport, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
Caddo County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
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.
Shreveport, Louisiana: d r d d d d
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 71105 (Shreveport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 597 contributions totaling $77,852 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 424 contributions totaling $135,581 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)