New Iberia, LA is a small town with a population of about 32,000 people located in the southern part of the state. Politically, this area is primarily represented by the Louisiana Republican Party and the Louisiana Democratic Party. On the local level, there are several different types of political candidates that run for office in New Iberia. These include city council members, school board representatives, county commissioners, and state legislators. All of these candidates typically focus on issues that are important to the citizens of New Iberia such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and environmental protection. Additionally, many candidates also put a priority on creating an environment that encourages social inclusion and diverse perspectives within the community. With an ever-changing election landscape in Louisiana and across the nation, New Iberia residents have an important opportunity to make their voices heard through a variety of political campaigns each year.
The political climate in New Iberia, LA is somewhat conservative.
Iberia County, LA is strongly conservative. In Iberia County, LA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iberia parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.7%.
Iberia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Iberia, LA is somewhat conservative.
Iberia County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Lafayette Metro Area 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.
New Iberia, 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 New Iberia, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,779 contributions totaling $294,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,030 contributions totaling $1,536,213 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $507 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)