Slidell, Louisiana is located in St. Tammany Parish and is the largest city in the parish. It is governed by a mayor-council system with seven members who are elected from each of the five wards plus two at-large positions. The current mayor of Slidell is Greg Cromer, who was elected in 2014. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues relevant to the community and pass resolutions that will improve Slidell’s quality of life. The City Council strives to provide an open forum for all citizens on matters concerning their neighborhoods, schools, businesses, public safety, and other services provided by the city government. In addition, citizens can attend Town Hall meetings held periodically throughout the year to share their thoughts and opinions on these important topics. Through its commitment to serve its citizens well and keep them informed about local politics, Slidell remains a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 70460 (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 70460 (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 70460 (Slidell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132 contributions totaling $6,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $26,427 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)