Estelle, LA is a small town in the south that is governed by local officials. The mayor and city council are responsible for making decisions about issues such as taxes, economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety, and creating laws that help make Estelle a great place to live. The elected officials strive to ensure the needs of the city's citizens are represented in decision-making. They work hard to ensure fiscal responsibility and create an environment where businesses can thrive. The citizens of Estelle take pride in their local government and take part in elections to select their representatives. By participating in issues close to home, they have a say in how their community progresses into the future.
The political climate in Estelle, LA is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Jefferson County, LA 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson parish remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 43.6%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Estelle, LA is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Louisiana is somewhat 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.
Estelle, 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 Estelle, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $24,302 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $61,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)