Plaquemines Parish, located in the Southeastern corner of Louisiana, is a vibrant and culturally diverse community. It has an active political landscape that focuses on the issues that affect the residents of Plaquemines directly. Politically, the county is divided into seven districts with one representative from each district participating in County Council meetings. The council members are responsible for voting on legislation that impacts local laws and regulations in Plaquemines. In addition to voting on legislation, they participate in budgeting decisions and provide oversight for local departments. There are several candidates running for office this year who all bring unique perspectives to the table on how to best serve the citizens of Plaquemines. All candidates have promised to remain true to their core values by supporting initiatives that will benefit residents while keeping taxes low and protecting individual liberties. It will be interesting to see which candidate has what it takes to win over voters this election season.
The political climate in Plaquemines County, LA is very conservative.
In Plaquemines County, LA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plaquemines parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.0%.
Plaquemines county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plaquemines County, LA is very conservative.
New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Plaquemines, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Plaquemines County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $29,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $621 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 174 contributions totaling $65,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)