Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the state capital of Louisiana and the county seat of East Baton Rouge Parish. Politically, it is a vibrant city with a wide range of local officials representing various interests. The 70806 zip code area in Baton Rouge covers a large portion of the city and is represented by several elected officials. The Mayor-President position is held by Sharon Weston Broome who has served since 2016. Representing constituents at the state level are Governor John Bel Edwards, State Senator Regina Barrow, District 27 Representative Ted James, and District 12 Representative C. Denise Marcelle. Additionally, local politics for this area is operated through two voting districts: District 7 and 8 on the East Baton Parish Council. These districts are represented by Tara Wicker and Donna Collins-Lewis respectively. With these representatives in place from all levels of government in Baton Rouge, 70806 residents can be sure their voices will be heard politically on both local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 70806 (Baton Rouge, LA) is somewhat 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 70806 (Baton Rouge, LA) is somewhat liberal.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana is somewhat 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 70806 (Baton Rouge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,116 contributions totaling $193,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 784 contributions totaling $559,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $714 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)