Gramercy, LA is a small town with a great sense of community. Politically, it is an independent city that sets its own rules and regulations. Gramercy is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor exercising executive power and making directives to the council. The council consists of five members who are elected for four-year terms. In Gramercy, the local elections are often spirited as citizens take pride in their town and are eager to make sure that their voices are heard. Issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, education reform, and economic development are all important topics for discussion during local elections. Citizens have a vested interest in who will be representing them on the council and recognize how important it is to elect officials who are both competent and trustworthy.
The political climate in Gramercy, LA is leaning conservative.
St. James County, LA is leaning liberal. In St. James County, LA 51.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. James parish remained Democratic, 51.7% to 47.3%.
St. James county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gramercy, LA is leaning conservative.
St. James County, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
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.
Gramercy, Louisiana: D D 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 Gramercy, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $65 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)