Harvey, Louisiana is located in Jefferson Parish and has a long history of local political involvement. The city is governed by an elected mayor and five-member council who all serve four-year terms. There is also a Unified Government of Westbank that governs the city in conjunction with the mayor and council. The Unified Government consists of ten members, five from unincorporated areas in the parish and five from Harvey. Recently, there have been many initiatives to increase civic engagement in the city, such as hosting community forums on important issues or launching programs to encourage youth participation. Moreover, candidates for local office are eager to engage with residents on various topics ranging from budgeting to public safety. With its vibrant political culture, Harvey is an active participant in both state and local politics.
The political climate in Harvey, 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
Harvey, 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.
Harvey, 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 Harvey, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,379 contributions totaling $79,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 510 contributions totaling $116,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)