The politics of 70086 St. James, LA are varied and complex. The area is represented in the Louisiana State Legislature by State Senator Fred Mills Jr. Mills has been a longtime advocate for his district, focusing on economic development, education reform, and infrastructure improvements. At the local level, St. James is governed by a mayor-council government system. The current mayor of St. James is Blaine Pertuit who was elected in 2020 to serve a four-year term. As mayor, Mayor Pertuit has focused on improving public safety and creating jobs through various initiatives. With its diverse population and growing economy, the politics of 70086 St. James are sure to become increasingly important in the future as the city continues to develop and grow.
The political climate in Zip 70086 (St. James, LA) is leaning liberal.
St. James County, LA is leaning liberal. In St. James County, LA 51.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. James parish remained Democratic, 51.7% to 47.3%.
St. James county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70086 (St. James, LA) is leaning liberal.
St. James, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
St. James County, Louisiana is leaning 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.
St. James, 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 70086 (St. James)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $5,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,600 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)