St. John the Baptist Parish is located in Louisiana and is part of the greater New Orleans metropolitan area. The parish has a rich political history, being strongly influenced by local and state-wide politics. The government of St. John the Baptist Parish consists of a president and six council members elected by voters in each district every four years. Each member serves on the council for four years, and elections are held on even years. The parish president is responsible for administering local laws, creating budgets, and developing policies to improve the quality of life for residents. In addition to local government officials, citizens can also participate in state-wide elections on issues such as taxes and education policy that affect St. John the Baptist Parish as well as neighboring parishes in Louisiana.
The political climate in St. John the Baptist County, LA is strongly liberal.
In St. John the Baptist County, LA 63.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. John the Baptist parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.4% to 35.2%.
St. John the Baptist county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. John the Baptist County, LA is strongly liberal.
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.
St. John the Baptist, Louisiana: D d D D D D
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 St. John the Baptist County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 167 contributions totaling $107,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $642 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 330 contributions totaling $111,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)