The city of Arabi, Louisiana (zip code 70032) is a small but tight-knit community. It is located in St. Bernard Parish, an area with its own politics and policies. Politically, the city is represented by a mayor-council form of government with a mayor and five council members elected at large. The current mayor is Guy McInnis who was elected to serve for four years beginning in 2016. Issues affecting the local population include economic growth and development, infrastructure improvement, public safety, school quality and other related topics. As part of the larger local political structure, Arabi residents are actively involved in county-level elections and initiatives that shape their lives and future opportunities.
The political climate in Zip 70032 (Arabi, LA) is moderately conservative.
St. Bernard County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Bernard County, LA 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Bernard parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.8%.
St. Bernard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70032 (Arabi, LA) is moderately conservative.
Arabi, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
St. Bernard County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Arabi, 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 70032 (Arabi)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $12,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $282 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)