Located in the southeastern part of Louisiana, 70163 New Orleans is a vibrant and bustling city with a rich political history. It is the largest city in the state, and it has had a long-standing influence on the political landscape of Louisiana. Historically, New Orleans has been an important center for both local and statewide politics. The citizens are passionate about their politics, engaging in meaningful debates over a wide range of topics that affect the city. In recent years, some of the biggest names in Louisiana politics have come from 70163 New Orleans, including current mayor LaToya Cantrell and former mayor Mitch Landrieu. Additionally, New Orleans regularly sees competitive elections for state representatives, senators, district attorneys, and judgeships at all levels of government. As such, this area remains a hub for political activity and engagement.
The political climate in Zip 70163 (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 70163 (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 70163 (New Orleans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $22,768 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $465 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $46,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)