Washington, LA 70589 is a small rural town in Louisiana. It has a tight knit community with many local businesses and organizations. The politics in Washington, LA 70589 are heavily conservative and traditionally oriented. In local elections, the residents of the town tend to vote for candidates who share their views on issues such as education, taxation, public safety, and religion. Candidates from both major political parties have strong support in the area but most are conservative in nature. Local politicians focus on issues that affect the town directly such as improving infrastructure and roads, creating employment opportunities, bringing new businesses to the region, and improving educational resources. Washington, LA 70589 continues to strive to be a desirable place to live and work for its citizens with politicians that share their values.
The political climate in Zip 70589 (Washington, LA) is somewhat conservative.
St. Landry County, LA is somewhat conservative. In St. Landry County, LA 42.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Landry parish remained strongly Republican, 56.3% to 42.2%.
St. Landry county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70589 (Washington, LA) is somewhat conservative.
Washington, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
St. Landry County, Louisiana is somewhat conservative.
Opelousas 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.
Washington, Louisiana: d 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 70589 (Washington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $1,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $5,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)