Gretna, Louisiana is a city located in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area. While the area is primarily known for its cultural heritage, it also boasts a thriving political landscape. The city maintains an active municipal government with elected officials from the mayor and council members to the board of directors and district court judges. All these officials work together to make sure that Gretna has a sound economic base as well as public safety measures that are necessary for the community's continued success. Additionally, Gretna is home to a number of local organizations and civic groups that work together to support their community by advocating for their constituents on various issues.
The political climate in Gretna, LA is leaning liberal.
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
Gretna, LA is leaning liberal.
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.
Gretna, 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 Gretna, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 726 contributions totaling $62,955 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 514 contributions totaling $150,838 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)