St. Mary, LA County is a small but vibrant community in the heart of Louisiana. Politically, the area is largely conservative, with many citizens leaning Republican. The Mayor of St. Mary is an independent candidate, elected to office in the most recent election by a wide margin. The city council has been dominated by Republicans for several terms, though there are some Democrats and independents also on the board. Local issues including education, infrastructure improvements, and economic development are discussed frequently at the council meetings. Residents of St. Mary have consistently shown strong support for their local representatives and their efforts to bring about change in their community.
The political climate in St. Mary County, LA is strongly conservative.
In St. Mary County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.7%.
St. Mary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Mary County, LA is strongly conservative.
Morgan City Metro Area is strongly 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.
St. Mary, 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 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. Mary County, LA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $10,010 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 675 contributions totaling $449,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $666 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)