The city of Slidell, Louisiana (70461) is an inviting and vibrant community located just outside of New Orleans. As a major hub of commerce in St. Tammany Parish, its political landscape reflects the diverse backgrounds and interests of its citizens. The mayor of Slidell is Greg Cromer, who was first elected to office in 2012 and reelected for his fourth term in 2020. Under his leadership, the city has made strides to improve public safety, build infrastructure, and create a more equitable environment for all residents. Other local officials include six City Council members as well as representatives from state government at both the House and Senate levels. All work together to ensure that Slidell remains an attractive destination for families and businesses alike.
The political climate in Zip 70461 (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 70461 (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 70461 (Slidell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 311 contributions totaling $36,893 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 341 contributions totaling $129,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $380 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)