The politics in 70126 New Orleans, LA are quite diverse. This area includes neighborhoods like Broadmoor, Central City, and the Garden District. Each of these neighborhoods has a different political climate that is reflective of their various economic and cultural backgrounds. Locally, the main political issues typically focus on improving public education, crime prevention, infrastructure development, and environmental protection. There are numerous active civic organizations in this area that work to participate in and influence local politics. Additionally, there are a handful of local political candidates every year who work hard to bring their ideas and stances on important issues to the forefront.
The political climate in Zip 70126 (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 70126 (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 70126 (New Orleans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 376 contributions totaling $43,911 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)