Destrehan, Louisiana is a small suburban town located in Saint Charles Parish near New Orleans. It has a rich history and culture, and is home to many families and small businesses. When it comes to politics, Destrehan is strongly Republican with a very conservative outlook on many issues. The local Republican Party holds several events throughout the year to discuss and debate relevant political topics, and has an active base of supporters who work hard to ensure their party’s views are heard. Additionally, there are several local politicians who represent Destrehan in state government, including representatives for both the house and senate. These representatives work diligently to ensure that the voice of Destrehan is heard by advocating for legislation that benefits both their constituents and the people of Louisiana as a whole.
The political climate in Destrehan, LA is moderately conservative.
St. Charles County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Charles County, LA 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Charles parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
St. Charles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Destrehan, LA is moderately conservative.
St. Charles County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Destrehan, 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 Destrehan, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,196 contributions totaling $161,480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 600 contributions totaling $254,424 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)