Hammond, Louisiana is a city located in Tangipahoa Parish and has a population of 20,019. The politics in 70403 Hammond, LA are heavily influenced by its local government. The City Council consists of six members who are responsible for setting the local laws and regulations that residents must adhere to. They also oversee the budgeting and finance of the city. Currently, the Mayor of Hammond is Mayson Foster, while the Vice Mayor is Eddie Palmer Jr., both of whom were elected in 2018. In addition, there are five City Council Members who are elected from each of the wards in the city: Ward 1 – Tillman Breaux Jr., Ward 2 – Mark McClellan, Ward 3 – Janice Campbell-Bryant, Ward 4 – Robert Jones Jr., and Ward 5 – Charles Zanders. These representatives work together to ensure that Hammond’s residents have their needs met and remain safe and informed on any issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 70403 (Hammond, LA) is moderately conservative.
Tangipahoa County, LA is very conservative. In Tangipahoa County, LA 32.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tangipahoa parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.8%.
Tangipahoa county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70403 (Hammond, LA) is moderately conservative.
Hammond, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Tangipahoa County, Louisiana is very conservative.
Hammond Metro Area is very 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.
Hammond, 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 70403 (Hammond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 452 contributions totaling $58,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $27,033 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)