Grand Isle, LA is a small town located in Jefferson Parish on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana. The area is home to a diverse population of families whose primary cultural backgrounds are French, Spanish, and Native American. Grand Isle's local politics are overseen by Mayor David Camardelle who works closely with the City Council to ensure that the needs of its residents are met. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected to serve four-year terms and act as managers for town services and projects such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. They also participate in important local initiatives such as bringing new businesses into the community and creating more jobs for local families. Additionally, they work to provide quality education through their support of local schools and programs. Grand Isle's local politics strive to keep the community safe while fostering economic growth.
The political climate in Grand Isle, LA is somewhat 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
Grand Isle, LA is somewhat 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.
Grand Isle, 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 Grand Isle, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $3,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,850 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $21,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,083 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)