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Bussie was affiliated with the [[liberal]] wing of the Democratic Party. In 1964, he campaigned even in north Louisiana, a stronghold of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] that year, on behalf of President Lyndon Johnson, who lost that region by a large margin in the last election prior to passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which thereafter enfranchised tens of thousands of black voters, most of whom became automatic Democrats. Bussie was even closer to Johnson's [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], who had attended [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge during the 1930s but failed to win the state's [[electoral vote]]s in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838210,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|title=Democrats: Humphrey Renewed|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=April 19, 1968|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>​

Bussie was affiliated with the [[liberal]] wing of the Democratic Party. In 1964, he campaigned even in north Louisiana, a stronghold of the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]] that year, on behalf of President Lyndon Johnson, who lost that region by a large margin in the last election prior to passage of the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]], which thereafter enfranchised tens of thousands of black voters, most of whom became automatic Democrats. Bussie was even closer to Johnson's [[Vice President of the United States|vice president]], [[Hubert H. Humphrey]] of [[Minnesota]], who had attended [[Louisiana State University]] in Baton Rouge during the 1930s but failed to win the state's [[electoral vote]]s in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,838210,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|title=Democrats: Humphrey Renewed|publisher=''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''|date=April 19, 1968|accessdate=August 22, 2019}}</ref>​

After leaving the union presidency, Bussie joined a group of Louisiana business and political leaders, including the former Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]], in unsuccessfully effort to obtain from President [[George W. Bush]] a pardon of the imprisoned Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Not until 2011, was Edwards released from the federal corrections facility in Oakdale in Allen Parish because of his conviction of [[bribery]]. Bussie supported Edwards in all four of the Democrat's successful gubernatorial campaigns as well as the aborted on in 1987. Edwards once said that Bussie was the single-most influential person in his administration.<ref>[http://www.nola.com/printer/printer.ssf?/newsstory/ewe05.html; https://books.google.com/books?id=FiRbQYoZtv0C&pg=PA183&lpg=PA183&dq=Victor+Bussie+&source=web&ots=4hgUssswTT&sig=fBYDo8JZMtozkEh7ShAN-ppYjT8&hl=en]</ref> Bussie also endorsed at least one Republican candidate in Louisiana, John S. Treen, the older brother of David Treen. John Treen narrowly lost to [[David Duke]] in the 1989 [[special election]] for the Louisiana state House from Jefferson Parish.​

After leaving the union presidency, Bussie joined a group of Louisiana business and political leaders, including the former Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]], in unsuccessfully effort to obtain from President [[George W. Bush]] a pardon of the imprisoned Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]. Not until 2011, was Edwards released from the federal corrections facility in Oakdale in Allen Parish because of his conviction of [[bribery]]. Bussie supported Edwards in all four of the Democrat's successful gubernatorial campaigns as well as the aborted on in 1987. Edwards once said that Bussie was the single-most influential person in his administration. Bussie also endorsed at least one Republican candidate in Louisiana, John S. Treen, the older brother of David Treen. John Treen narrowly lost to [[David Duke]] in the 1989 [[special election]] for the Louisiana state House from Jefferson Parish.​

In 1994, along with the late U.S. Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]], Bussie was among the second round of public figures inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>[http://cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html Winnfield, La - Old L&A Depot, LA Political Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was a recipient of the "Racial Justice Award" given annually by the Baton Rouge [Young Women's Christian Association.<ref>[http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=ejIPK6OYG&b=241227 Racial Justice Award - Greater Baton Rouge<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1998, Bussie and former Governor [[John J. McKeithen]] were among recipients named "Living Legends" by the Louisiana [[Public Broadcasting Service]].<ref>[http://www.lpb.org/friends/lalegends/pastlegends.cfm Louisiana Legends<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​

In 1994, along with the late U.S. Senator [[Allen J. Ellender]], Bussie was among the second round of public figures inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>[http://cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html Winnfield, La - Old L&A Depot, LA Political Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> He was a recipient of the "Racial Justice Award" given annually by the Baton Rouge [Young Women's Christian Association.<ref>[http://www.ywca.org/site/pp.asp?c=ejIPK6OYG&b=241227 Racial Justice Award - Greater Baton Rouge<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 1998, Bussie and former Governor [[John J. McKeithen]] were among recipients named "Living Legends" by the Louisiana [[Public Broadcasting Service]].<ref>[http://www.lpb.org/friends/lalegends/pastlegends.cfm Louisiana Legends<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>​