Baton Rouge, located in 70809, is the capital of Louisiana and the seat of East Baton Rouge Parish. It is a major industrial, cultural, and educational center in the state. The city's politics are shaped by the Louisiana State Legislature and Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome. Broome was elected in 2016 and is working to make Baton Rouge a more equitable city by addressing issues such as infrastructure and public safety. Additionally, there are several local political candidates running for office in the upcoming election for various positions such as Secretary of State and members of the House & Senate. Although there may be differences of opinion amongst politicians on various issues, they all share the same goal: To improve their community and better serve its residents.
The political climate in Zip 70809 (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 70809 (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 70809 (Baton Rouge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,059 contributions totaling $242,556 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $229 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,127 contributions totaling $856,656 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $760 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)