In the city of Zachary, Louisiana (70791), politics are largely determined by both local and state interests. The local government is composed of a mayor and five council members who are elected every four years in the fall election. The mayor is the head of the city government and creates policy for the entire community, while the council members serve as representatives of their respective wards in the city. State-level politics are also involved in Zachary, as it falls within East Baton Rouge Parish, which sends representatives to both houses of the Louisiana Legislature. Local candidates from each party have put forth their platforms during election cycles, highlighting issues that affect Zachary’s residents such as infrastructure improvements and economic development. At present, Republicans outnumber Democrats in Zachary, although voters have supported candidates from both sides in recent elections.
The political climate in Zip 70791 (Zachary, LA) is leaning liberal.
East Baton Rouge County, LA is somewhat liberal. In East Baton Rouge County, LA 55.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, East Baton Rouge parish remained strongly Democratic, 55.5% to 42.5%.
East Baton Rouge county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70791 (Zachary, LA) is leaning liberal.
Zachary, Louisiana is leaning liberal.
East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana is somewhat liberal.
Baton Rouge Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Zachary, Louisiana: r r 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 70791 (Zachary)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 182 contributions totaling $25,152 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $40,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)