The politics in 70420 Abita Springs, LA are largely dominated by the local Democratic Party. In recent years, voting patterns have favored the Democratic candidates over Republican ones, with a majority of voter registrations being listed as Democrat. The Mayor of Abita Springs is currently Charles “Corky” Palmer, a member of the Democratic Party. He has been serving since 1996 and is running for reelection this year. The town also elects two members to serve on the Board of Aldermen, who act much like a city council in other towns. Currently these positions are held by Malcolm Turner and William Denton from the Democratic Party. Voting for local elections takes place at various polling locations throughout Abita Springs and is open to anyone who meets the qualifications established by Louisiana state law.
The political climate in Zip 70420 (Abita Springs, LA) is very conservative.
St. Tammany County, LA is very conservative. In St. Tammany County, LA 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Tammany parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
St. Tammany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70420 (Abita Springs, LA) is very conservative.
Abita Springs, Louisiana is very conservative.
St. Tammany County, Louisiana is very conservative.
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.
Abita Springs, 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 zip 70420 (Abita Springs)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 144 contributions totaling $41,983 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 214 contributions totaling $79,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $372 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)