The city of Baton Rouge is the capital of the state of Louisiana and is located in East Baton Rouge Parish. The current population of 70819 Baton Rouge is estimated to be around 230,000 people. The political atmosphere in 70819 Baton Rouge is dominated by a two-party system with the Republican Party being one of the two major parties. Although both parties have strong support among its residents, many are becoming increasingly independent in their voting habits and decisions. In recent years, there has been an increase in third party candidates running for office as well. Politics in 70819 Baton Rouge are mainly focused on issues related to infrastructure, public safety, education, and job creation. Local government works hard to ensure that policies and programs are implemented to benefit all citizens, regardless of political affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 70819 (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 70819 (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 70819 (Baton Rouge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,640 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $30,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $578 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)