The politics in Gretna, LA 70053 are largely influenced by the local government and its elected officials. The political landscape of the city is largely based on a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being the executive leader of the municipality and the council representing different districts throughout the city. Some key issues that have been addressed by local politicians include education, public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and social justice initiatives. Due to its proximity to New Orleans, Gretna also often takes a regional approach to many of these issues in order to best meet the needs of its residents. Local candidates for political office typically represent their individual district but also take into account regional concerns when making decisions. In Gretna's most recent election, an emphasis was placed on issues such as crime reduction, housing and community development projects, and job creation efforts.
The political climate in Zip 70053 (Gretna, LA) is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Jefferson County, LA 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson parish remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 43.6%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70053 (Gretna, LA) is leaning conservative.
Gretna, Louisiana is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Louisiana is somewhat 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.
Gretna, 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 70053 (Gretna)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 102 contributions totaling $12,391 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $42,833 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)