Baton Rouge, Louisiana’s 70802 zip code is a vibrant city with a rich history and culture. Home to many of the state’s most influential people and businesses, it is also the state capital of Louisiana. As such, politics play an important role in this area. Currently, the Mayor-President of Baton Rouge is Sharon Weston Broome, who was elected into office in November 2016. The mayor serves a four-year term and the position is non-partisan. In addition to Broome, there are other political candidates from both major parties actively involved in local politics. These candidates include Republican Congressman Garret Graves and Democratic State Senator Troy Carter who ran for Congress in 2018. Both have been involved in debates over local issues including infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, education reform, and economic development strategies. Along with these political figures are various organizations dedicated to promoting civic engagement through policy advocacy and voter education efforts. Collectively they help to ensure that residents of 70802 have a voice as their city continues to grow and evolve politically.
The political climate in Zip 70802 (Baton Rouge, LA) is moderately liberal.
East Baton Rouge County, LA is somewhat liberal. In East Baton Rouge County, LA 55.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, East Baton Rouge parish remained strongly Democratic, 55.5% to 42.5%.
East Baton Rouge county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70802 (Baton Rouge, LA) is moderately liberal.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana is moderately liberal.
East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana is somewhat liberal.
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 d 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 70802 (Baton Rouge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 424 contributions totaling $104,091 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $69,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $847 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)