The politics of the New Orleans-Metairie, LA Metro Area are varied and diverse. The area is home to several cities and towns each with their own local governments. The City of New Orleans has a mayor-council form of government, meaning that citizens elect a mayor to represent them in the executive branch while the city council serves as the legislative branch. Each municipality within the metro area follows similar regulations which work together to ensure efficient governance of the entire metropolitan area. This includes various committees focused on specific issues such as transportation or public health, which all meet regularly to discuss necessary reforms for the region. Additionally, state and federal representatives are also elected by residents in order to better represent their interests at a higher level of government. Despite its diverse population, New Orleans-Metairie remains committed to upholding democratic values and creating a fair and equitable society for all members of its community.
The political climate in New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area 52.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the New Orleans-Metairie metro area remained moderately Democratic, 52.1% to 46.1%.
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The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana: d r r 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40,658 contributions totaling $6,222,475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15,502 contributions totaling $13,856,773 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $894 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)