East Baton Rouge Parish, located in Louisiana’s Capital Region, is home to many of the state’s most prominent political figures. It is the state’s second most populous parish and part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county is home to a number of governmental institutions and agencies, including the Louisiana State Legislature, which makes its home there. The current Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish is Sharon Weston Broome. Many other local representatives are also elected to serve on behalf of their constituents in the county. These representatives work together to help support the citizens in East Baton Rouge by providing government services, promoting economic development initiatives, and advocating for legislative changes at both state and national levels. By working together and engaging their citizens in meaningful conversations about civic issues, these local leaders strive to ensure that East Baton Rouge remains a strong community for generations to come.
The political climate in 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
East Baton Rouge County, LA 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.
East 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 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 East Baton Rouge County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,850 contributions totaling $1,990,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6,891 contributions totaling $4,588,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $666 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)