Baton Rouge, located in 70805 zip code, is the capital city of Louisiana and an important center of politics in the state. The city has seen its share of political turmoil over the years and recently elected Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome to office in 2016. In her role, Mayor Broome works to ensure that Baton Rouge is a prosperous community for all its residents. She works to strengthen public safety and combat crime, promote economic development initiatives, increase access to quality education, and enhance the overall quality of life in the city. Additionally, she is actively working to bridge divisions within the community by enacting criminal justice reform policies such as reducing incarceration rates for non-violent offenders. Local elections are held every four years so residents can have their say when it comes to who represents them on the City Council or other local offices.
The political climate in Zip 70805 (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 70805 (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 70805 (Baton Rouge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $7,686 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $811 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)