Belle Chasse, Louisiana is located in Plaquemines Parish and offers citizens a peaceful lifestyle with access to the beautiful Mississippi River. This rural community has a strong sense of pride in its history and traditions, making it an ideal place for families to live and grow. The local politics in Belle Chasse focus on maintaining the quality of life for residents while keeping taxes low and encouraging economic growth in the area. Local elections are held frequently and often focus on issues such as public safety, health care, education, infrastructure improvements, and environmental protection. Candidates typically have a record of community service and strive to make Belle Chasse an even better place to live. Residents of Belle Chasse have an important role to play when it comes to local politics by registering to vote and taking part in town hall meetings or other forums that provide them with information about the candidates running for office.
The political climate in Zip 70037 (Belle Chasse, LA) is strongly conservative.
Plaquemines County, LA is very conservative. In Plaquemines County, LA 31.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Plaquemines parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 31.0%.
Plaquemines county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70037 (Belle Chasse, LA) is strongly conservative.
Belle Chasse, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Plaquemines County, Louisiana is very conservative.
New Orleans-Metairie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Belle Chasse, Louisiana: R R R R R R
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 70037 (Belle Chasse)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $29,682 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $761 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 153 contributions totaling $61,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $404 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)