Harahan, Louisiana is a small town in the greater New Orleans metropolitan area. It has a long history of political involvement and engagement in local and state-level politics. With a population of just over 8,000 people, Harahan maintains an active presence in local elections. Citizens take part in their democracy through voter turnout, as well as electing representatives to serve on the City Council and School Board. Issues such as zoning laws, infrastructure improvements, and school funding continue to have an impact on the community's overall development. The current mayor of Harahan is Mayor Chris Tipton who was elected in 2015. He previously served as councilman for 15 years prior to his election as mayor. In addition to municipal government representation, Harahan residents can choose from several candidates running for state offices such as State Senate and House of Representatives seats each election cycle. Through these channels Harahan remains an integral part of the larger political landscape both locally and statewide.
The political climate in Harahan, 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
Harahan, 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.
Harahan, 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 Harahan, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 835 contributions totaling $88,259 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 729 contributions totaling $435,950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $598 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)