Politics in Slidell, LA (70458) have been very active in recent years. The city is represented in the state legislature by Senator Sharon Hewitt and Representative Nick Lambert. In the local government, Mayor Greg Cromer leads Slidell with a City Council composed of: Mark O’Brien, Warren Crockett, Lionel Hicks, Sam Abney, Sam Caruso and Jay Newcomb. All members of the council are committed to improving the quality of life for all residents of Slidell by providing high quality public services and creating jobs to strengthen the economy. The city also engages with its citizens through public meetings and town hall events throughout the year. As one of the larger cities in Louisiana, Slidell has an active political climate that serves as an example for other areas in the state on how to engage with their citizens and create a better community for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 70458 (Slidell, LA) is strongly conservative.
St. Tammany County, LA is very conservative. In St. Tammany County, LA 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Tammany parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 26.9%.
St. Tammany county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70458 (Slidell, LA) is strongly conservative.
Slidell, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
St. Tammany County, Louisiana is very conservative.
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.
Slidell, Louisiana: R R R R R R
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 70458 (Slidell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 892 contributions totaling $95,699 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 333 contributions totaling $101,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)