New Orleans, LA is a vibrant and diverse city that is home to many different people. The local politics of 70112 New Orleans, LA reflect this diversity. There are several major political parties in the area, including Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian. In addition, independent candidates often run for office in the area. Local residents have a wide range of political opinions and views, which can make elections very competitive. The city's mayor is currently LaToya Cantrell who was elected in 2017. City council members are elected from seven wards across the city and they represent different parts of the population. Residents of 70112 New Orleans have multiple opportunities to voice their opinions on important political issues through voting or participating in local events and protests.
The political climate in Zip 70112 (New Orleans, LA) is very liberal.
Orleans County, LA is very liberal. In Orleans County, LA 83.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orleans parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 83.1% to 15.0%.
Orleans county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70112 (New Orleans, LA) is very liberal.
New Orleans, Louisiana is very liberal.
Orleans County, Louisiana is very 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.
New Orleans, 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 70112 (New Orleans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 360 contributions totaling $163,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $454 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 289 contributions totaling $1,205,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)