The politics of 70116, New Orleans, LA are heavily influenced by the city's vibrant culture and its rich history. New Orleans has been home to some of the country’s most influential political figures, including U.S. Presidents Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. In recent years, local elections have been dominated by the Democratic Party, as they hold a majority in both the Louisiana House of Representatives and Senate. The current mayor is LaToya Cantrell, who was elected in 2017. She is joined by members of the City Council from all corners of the district. Issues that are important to residents include public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements and creating more affordable housing opportunities due to rising rents throughout the city. Locals often look to their elected leaders for guidance on how best to address these challenges and ensure that all citizens benefit from whatever decision is made.
The political climate in Zip 70116 (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 70116 (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 70116 (New Orleans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,842 contributions totaling $454,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $247 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $196,287 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)