Blanchard, Louisiana is a small town located in Bossier Parish. It is home to a tightknit community that values local politics. Its City Council meets once a month to discuss the needs and issues of its citizens. These meetings are open to all, allowing residents to express their opinions and be heard. The city council works hard to ensure that the town runs smoothly and is a great place for its citizens to live in. Every few years, Blanchard holds local elections which allow citizens to choose who will best represent their interests in the city council. People with a passion for service and justice are encouraged to run for office in order to make sure that every voice can be heard and represented. Local elections also provide citizens with the opportunity to have a say in how their town is governed and how it moves forward into the future.
The political climate in Blanchard, LA is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, LA is leaning liberal. In Caddo County, LA 52.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Caddo parish remained moderately Democratic, 52.5% to 45.8%.
Caddo county voted Democratic in five of the last six Presidential elections (2004 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blanchard, LA is leaning conservative.
Caddo County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
Shreveport-Bossier City 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.
Blanchard, Louisiana: d r 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 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 Blanchard, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 142 contributions totaling $72,016 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $507 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 716 contributions totaling $327,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $457 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)