The small town of LaPlace, Louisiana (zip code 70068) has a rich history of politics and civic engagement. With a population just over 31,000 people, LaPlace is the seat of St. John the Baptist Parish and an important part of the New Orleans metropolitan area. As such, it has a great deal of influence when it comes to local politics. The current mayor is Natalie Robottom, who was elected in 2011 and reelected for her second term in 2015. The city council consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. The City Council meets every Tuesday at 6:30 pm to discuss matters concerning the citizens of LaPlace, including ordinances, infrastructure projects, and public safety initiatives. Residents can get involved in local politics by voting in elections or attending public meetings where they can voice their opinions on important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Zip 70068 (Laplace, 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 70068 (Laplace, LA) is moderately liberal.
Laplace, 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.
Laplace, 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 70068 (Laplace)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 154 contributions totaling $47,826 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $76,344 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $325 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)