The town of Berwick, LA (zip code 70342) is a vibrant community in St. Mary Parish located on the Atchafalaya River Delta. The town is governed by an elected mayor and a five member city council, who are responsible for enacting laws and policies that serve the best interest of its residents. The current mayor is Michael Broussard, who has served since 2012. Other members of the council are: Alfred Boudreaux Jr., Roland Edgerton, Chris LaCroix, Paul August and Charles Foulcard. This dedicated team works to provide the best services possible to the people of Berwick. In recent years, much improvement has been seen in terms of infrastructure initiatives, public safety measures and efforts to improve local schools. The citizens of Berwick take pride in their community and strive to make it an even better place to live with each passing year.
The political climate in Zip 70342 (Berwick, LA) is moderately conservative.
St. Mary County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Mary County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.7%.
St. Mary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70342 (Berwick, LA) is moderately conservative.
Berwick, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
St. Mary County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Morgan City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Berwick, 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 70342 (Berwick)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $105,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $890 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)