Jeanerette, LA is a small town located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The population of the city is 2,892 according to the United States Census Bureau. The town has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Janis Lemaire. Jeanerette also has a city council that is responsible for providing legislative support for the local laws and ordinances, plus setting up budgets and dealing with any other important issues concerning the local community. The members of the council are elected every four years in non-partisan elections by the residents of Jeanerette. All five members are chosen at large and serve staggered terms, so not all members are up for re-election in one year. Local politics have become increasingly more important in recent years as people look to their representatives for guidance on how to keep their town safe and prosperous.
The political climate in Jeanerette, LA is somewhat conservative.
Iberia County, LA is strongly conservative. In Iberia County, LA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iberia parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.7%.
Iberia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jeanerette, LA is somewhat conservative.
Iberia County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Lafayette Metro Area is very 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.
Jeanerette, 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 Jeanerette, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $13,946 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $79,568 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $723 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)