The politics in 70117 New Orleans, LA are an ever changing landscape. In recent years the population of this area has grown significantly as more people have moved to the area for jobs and other reasons. The local government is in charge of providing services to its residents such as education, public safety and infrastructure improvements. They are also responsible for making sure that the quality of life is maintained for all who live in the area. There are many political candidates from different parties vying for office in this district each election cycle, including those from the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party and other independent candidates. These individuals provide a variety of perspectives on issues important to residents and work hard to represent their constituents’ interests. The politics in 70117 New Orleans, LA are always evolving with new ideas and perspectives being brought forward by each individual candidate's campaign.
The political climate in Zip 70117 (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 70117 (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 70117 (New Orleans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,505 contributions totaling $154,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $27,939 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $621 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)