The small town of Transylvania, Louisiana (zip code 71286) is situated in the northeastern corner of the state and serves as the seat of Tensas Parish. Transylvania has a small population and is largely rural with many small family-run businesses. The economy of the area relies heavily on agriculture and farming, which is evident from the fact that over two-thirds of working residents are employed in these industries. Politically, Transylvania is an overwhelmingly conservative region with most local candidates leaning towards Republican ideologies. Despite this, there are still plenty of issues that need to be addressed in order to better serve the community such as improving infrastructure, creating more job opportunities, fighting for economic development projects, and advocating for better education opportunities for children in the area.
The political climate in Zip 71286 (Transylvania, LA) is somewhat liberal.
East Carroll County, LA is strongly liberal. In East Carroll County, LA 62.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, East Carroll parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 62.6% to 35.6%.
East Carroll county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71286 (Transylvania, LA) is somewhat liberal.
Transylvania, Louisiana is somewhat liberal.
East Carroll County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Transylvania, 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 71286 (Transylvania)
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 5 contributions totaling $1,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $305 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)