Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the state's capital and a major political hub in the region. The city is governed by a mayor-council system where the mayor, elected every four years, and seven council members serve as the city's legislative body. Recent mayors have included Sharon Weston Broome and Kip Holden. The council members are responsible for passing municipal laws, adopting ordinances, developing budgets, and approving expenditures. They also oversee the running of various departments such as police and fire services as well as public works. In addition to local politics, Baton Rouge is home to numerous state and federal government offices including Senators John Neely Kennedy and Bill Cassidy in addition to many other elected officials representing both parties in Congress. Baton Rouge serves as an important political center in Louisiana that affects both local and national policy decisions.
The political climate in Baton Rouge, LA is somewhat liberal.
East Baton Rouge County, LA is somewhat liberal. In East Baton Rouge County, LA 55.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, East Baton Rouge parish remained strongly Democratic, 55.5% to 42.5%.
East Baton Rouge county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baton Rouge, LA is somewhat liberal.
East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana is somewhat liberal.
Baton Rouge 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.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana: r 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 Baton Rouge, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27,899 contributions totaling $4,535,130 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16,332 contributions totaling $10,743,962 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $658 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)