Baker, LA is a small city in East Baton Rouge Parish located about 15 miles north of Baton Rouge. The city has several local elected offices, including the Mayor, City Council, and Police Chief. All of these positions are held by individuals who have been elected by the citizens of Baker. These leaders strive to ensure that the city remains safe, prosperous and vibrant. They focus on creating jobs, improving public safety, increasing access to quality healthcare and more. Local politics in Baker is often focused on finding ways to make the lives of its residents better, such as through investing in infrastructure and transportation projects or helping small businesses start up and grow. Community members also actively participate in politics by attending meetings regularly and working with their representatives to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to decision-making. The people of Baker work together every day to create a better future for their city, and its political leaders help make that happen.
The political climate in Baker, LA is somewhat liberal.
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
Baker, LA is somewhat liberal.
East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana 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.
Baker, 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 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 Baker, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 586 contributions totaling $54,147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $18,332 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)