The Baton Rouge metropolitan area has a rich political history and is currently home to a variety of local politicians. The city is split between two congressional districts, the 2nd Congressional District and the 6th Congressional District. This split allows for increased competition in both districts and keeps policies fresh and representative of the people. The local government consists of many elected officials such as a mayor, state senators, state representatives, sheriff, district attorney, judges, school board members and more. These individuals all strive to keep Louisiana's capital city on the path towards progress while keeping true to its unique cultural identity. Politics in the Baton Rouge Metro Area are always buzzing with debates about topics ranging from economic development to public safety.
The political climate in Baton Rouge Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Baton Rouge Metro Area 43.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Baton Rouge metro area remained strongly Republican, 54.9% to 43.2%.
The Baton Rouge metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baton Rouge Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Baton Rouge, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Baton Rouge Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,108 contributions totaling $2,417,913 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9,720 contributions totaling $5,720,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $589 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)