New Iberia, Louisiana, has a rich history of political involvement and advocacy. As the largest city in Iberia Parish, it serves as an important hub for local decision-making and communication. Local politics are largely centered around the mayor's office and the 9-person City Council. The mayor is elected at-large every 4 years while the council members represent their respective districts. In recent years, local elections have generated a great deal of interest from residents who are passionate about issues that directly affect them such as taxes, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. This passion for hometown politics is especially evident during election season when candidates from both major parties come out to make their case to voters in debates and town halls across New Iberia. With so much energy directed towards ensuring a better future for New Iberia, its residents can be sure that their voices will continue to be heard in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 70560 (New Iberia, LA) is moderately conservative.
Iberia County, LA is strongly conservative. In Iberia County, LA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Iberia parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.0% to 33.7%.
Iberia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70560 (New Iberia, LA) is moderately conservative.
New Iberia, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
Iberia County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Lafayette Metro Area is very 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.
New Iberia, 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 70560 (New Iberia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 522 contributions totaling $15,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 220 contributions totaling $93,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $423 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)