The small, rural town of St. Joseph, Louisiana has an interesting political climate. Located in Tensas Parish, the town is governed by its own municipal council and mayor. This governing body holds elections every four years, allowing citizens to vote in their local leaders and make decisions regarding taxation, public safety, education, and other important issues. The current mayor is Janell Lomax-Roberson who was elected in 2017. There are also six council members who were elected in 2019 to serve a four-year term. With a population of about 1,500 people, the residents of St. Joseph have a close relationship with their local government and take great pride in keeping their community safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Zip 71366 (St. Joseph, LA) is leaning liberal.
Tensas County, LA is leaning liberal. In Tensas County, LA 52.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tensas parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.0% to 46.9%.
Tensas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71366 (St. Joseph, LA) is leaning liberal.
St. Joseph, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
Tensas County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
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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.
St. Joseph, Louisiana: d d 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 71366 (St. Joseph)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $141,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $2,665 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $13,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)