Meraux, LA is a small town located in St. Bernard parish with a population of 7,837 people according to the most recent US census. Although Meraux is not a large city, it still has its own local politics and a local government that represent the needs of its citizens. Local political candidates for Meraux are typically members of the Democratic or Republican parties who have served the community for many years and understand the issues that are important to its citizens. The current mayor of Meraux is Clayton \"Clay\" Dubos and he has been in office since 2010. He has worked closely with several different committees and organizations such as the St. Bernard Parish Council, which works to improve services and infrastructure within Meraux and other parts of the parish. Additionally, the City Council consists of seven members who oversee municipal budgets, pass legislation, and appoint representatives for certain commissions or departments in order to ensure efficient management of resources within Meraux's city limits.
The political climate in Zip 70075 (Meraux, LA) is moderately conservative.
St. Bernard County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Bernard County, LA 34.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Bernard parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.8%.
St. Bernard county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70075 (Meraux, LA) is moderately conservative.
Meraux, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
St. Bernard County, Louisiana is strongly 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.
Meraux, 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 70075 (Meraux)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $12,242 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)