In the small town of Ville Platte, Louisiana, politics are an important part of life. The local political scene is dominated by a few influential families who have long been involved in the area’s politics. In recent years, however, there has been an influx of new candidates who are looking to make a name for themselves and challenge the status quo. Local elections usually see heated debates between the old guard and new candidates as they battle over issues such as taxes, education funding, healthcare, public safety and infrastructure development. There is always a lot of interest in local politics from residents in Ville Platte and they actively participate in the election process by attending debates and voting on election day. Political engagement is high in this town despite its relatively small size.
The political climate in Zip 70586 (Ville Platte, LA) is strongly conservative.
Evangeline County, LA is very conservative. In Evangeline County, LA 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Evangeline parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.0%.
Evangeline county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70586 (Ville Platte, LA) is strongly conservative.
Ville Platte, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Evangeline County, Louisiana is very conservative.
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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.
Ville Platte, 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 70586 (Ville Platte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $7,000 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $14,836 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)