Morgan City, LA is a city located in St. Mary Parish, and has an estimated population of over 11,000 residents. The city is governed by the Mayor-Council form of government with a Mayor and five council members elected to make up the City Council. The current mayor is Frank \"Boo\" Grizzaffi who was elected in 2019. Morgan City also has two state legislators representing it in the Louisiana State Legislature; Senator Fred Mills Jr. and Representative Beryl Amedee both serve as republican representatives for the area. Additionally, voting for federal officials such as US Congressmen takes place in Morgan City as part of the 3rd Congressional District which includes parts of St Mary, Acadia, Lafayette and Vermilion parishes. Residents of Morgan City are actively involved in political engagement and often attend local events highlighting candidates running for office or initiatives presented by their representatives in order to stay informed on politics in the region.
The political climate in Zip 70380 (Morgan City, LA) is moderately conservative.
St. Mary County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Mary County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.7%.
St. Mary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70380 (Morgan City, LA) is moderately conservative.
Morgan City, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
St. Mary County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Morgan City Metro Area is strongly 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.
Morgan City, 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 70380 (Morgan City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $1,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $206,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)