Metairie, LA, located in Jefferson Parish, is home to over 150,000 people. The politics in the area are mainly democratic, with a large majority of registered voters being members of the Democratic Party. The area is represented in Congress by Cedric Richmond and Steven Scalise from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district. At the local level, the parish council consists of seven council members who are elected from seven districts within the parish. In addition, Jefferson Parish has an executive branch which is headed by President Cynthia Lee Sheng and Vice President Dominick Impastato. Every four years, residents of Metairie have the opportunity to vote for their local politicians during elections. This past November 2020 election saw many big issues on the ballot such as healthcare reform, economic recovery, and police reform. Residents were able to cast their ballots for candidates that they felt would best represent their interests and beliefs on these issues.
The political climate in Zip 70003 (Metairie, 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 70003 (Metairie, LA) is leaning conservative.
Metairie, 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.
Metairie, 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 70003 (Metairie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 413 contributions totaling $36,858 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $211,992 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $707 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)