Garyville, LA is a small city located in St. John the Baptist Parish with a population of 2,252 according to the 2018 census. The city's politics are largely influenced by its local government and political candidates. The current mayor of Garyville is Patryk Gautreaux, who was elected to office in 2019 after serving as an Alderman for two years. He is a pro-business advocate, with the goal of stimulating economic growth and development within the city. The City Council consists of five members who are elected at large for four-year terms. The council is responsible for creating local laws and ordinances, approving budgets for various departments, and appointing committees to oversee certain issues such as public safety and infrastructure projects. There are also various political parties that are active in Garyville such as the Democratic Party and Republican Party that can have an influence on local elections. Additionally, several individuals from Garyville have been nominated locally for the position of State Representative or Senator for Louisiana’s 37th District. Overall, politics in Garyville are very much focused on improving quality of life through policies that promote economic growth and stability while striving to make the city a better place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 70051 (Garyville, LA) is moderately liberal.
St. John the Baptist County, LA is strongly liberal. In St. John the Baptist County, LA 63.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 35.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. John the Baptist parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 63.4% to 35.2%.
St. John the Baptist county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70051 (Garyville, LA) is moderately liberal.
Garyville, Louisiana is moderately liberal.
St. John the Baptist County, Louisiana is strongly liberal.
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.
Garyville, Louisiana: D d 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 70051 (Garyville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)