Jean Lafitte, LA is a small community located in Jefferson Parish. It is predominantly rural and has a population of approximately 1,600 residents. As with many other small towns, the local politics here are largely focused on improving the quality of life for its citizens. Issues such as infrastructure development, public safety and education are often discussed at town meetings. Local candidates running for office generally have a strong understanding about the issues facing the community and seek to make positive change in ways that benefit all of its residents. The political climate in Jean Lafitte is one of collaboration and ambition, where citizens work together to make their community better each day.
The political climate in Zip 70067 (Jean Lafitte, LA) is somewhat 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 70067 (Jean Lafitte, LA) is somewhat conservative.
Jean Lafitte, Louisiana is somewhat 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.
Jean Lafitte, 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 70067 (Jean Lafitte)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)