Baskin, LA is a small town located in Louisiana. It has a unique political landscape that is deeply rooted in its local history. The town has an elected mayor and city council members who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city. Additionally, Baskin citizens are actively involved in local elections when it comes to choosing candidates for state and federal positions. As such, the town often elects representatives to these positions who are committed to protecting their constituents’ rights and advocating on their behalf. Baskin residents also have a strong sense of community that often carries over into their political views, making them passionate about the causes they believe should be addressed locally as well as those that affect the country at large.
The political climate in Baskin, LA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, LA is very conservative. In Franklin County, LA 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.7% to 27.3%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baskin, LA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Louisiana is very 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.
Baskin, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Baskin, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18 contributions totaling $1,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $13,235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)