Vidalia, Louisiana is a small city located in Concordia Parish with a population of around 4,500. The city has a mayor-council form of government that consists of an elected mayor and six council members who serve as the legislative body. The current mayor of Vidalia is Robert Myer and the current council members are Tom Jackson, Ann Mosely, Will Sibley, John Smith, Robert Watson and Janice York. These individuals work together to create policies for the city and ensure its citizens have access to essential services such as water, sewer, police protection and fire protection. Additionally, they work to make sure that Vidalia remains a safe and welcoming environment for all its residents. Community engagement is also important for the leaders of Vidalia as they understand that it’s essential to maintain strong relationships between the community and their government if they are going to be successful in achieving success for the city.
The political climate in Zip 71373 (Vidalia, LA) is moderately conservative.
Concordia County, LA is strongly conservative. In Concordia County, LA 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Concordia parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 36.0%.
Concordia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 71373 (Vidalia, LA) is moderately conservative.
Vidalia, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Concordia County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Natchez Metro Area is leaning 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.
Vidalia, 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 71373 (Vidalia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $8,101 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)