The politics of Chalmette, LA is largely shaped by its local government. The City of Chalmette is led by Mayor William “Billy” Nungesser and the City Council members, who together govern the city and its citizens. They work to improve the quality of life in Chalmette by creating policies that benefit all citizens and ensure a safe and healthy environment. The political process in Chalmette is also influenced by state representatives from Louisiana's 1st Congressional District, Steve Scalise, Garrett Graves, and Cedric Richmond, who ensure that state laws are being properly enforced. In addition to this, various local organizations provide advocacy and support for residents of the city with issues such as public safety and infrastructure improvements. All these factors make Chalmette a great place to live.
The political climate in Zip 70043 (Chalmette, LA) is moderately conservative.
St. Bernard County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Bernard County, LA 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Bernard parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.8%.
St. Bernard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70043 (Chalmette, LA) is moderately conservative.
Chalmette, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
St. Bernard County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Chalmette, 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 70043 (Chalmette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $11,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $5,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)