Gardere is a small community located in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. It is governed by the Mayor-Council form of government, with current mayor William Daniel in office. The town has an elected city council consisting of six members who are responsible for governing the affairs of the community. In addition to these officials, residents can also participate in local politics by voting in elections for representatives from their district as well as candidates running for offices at the parish and state levels. Gardere is known for its strong sense of community pride and commitment to civic involvement; many residents actively take part in local events and initiatives to ensure that their voices are heard within their community.
The political climate in Gardere, LA is moderately 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
Gardere, LA is moderately 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.
Gardere, 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 Gardere, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,226 contributions totaling $688,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $309 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,711 contributions totaling $1,469,538 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $859 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)