Lakeview, LA is a small town in Louisiana with a population of about 5,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor and city council. The mayor is elected every four years by the citizens of Lakeview and the council is composed of five members who are each elected for three-year terms. The local government works hard to ensure that Lakeview remains a safe and vibrant place to live and work. They have enacted policies focused on economic growth, crime prevention, public safety, education, and infrastructure improvements. Recently they have been working to attract more businesses to the area in order to boost the economy and create jobs for local citizens. Through these efforts, Lakeview has become one of the most sought after communities in Louisiana.
The political climate in Lakeview, 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
Lakeview, 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.
Lakeview, 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 Lakeview, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71 contributions totaling $36,008 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $507 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 358 contributions totaling $163,615 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $457 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)