Metairie, Louisiana is located in the 70005 zip code and is a suburb of New Orleans. It has a strong political presence as evidenced in the number of local elections held each year. Local candidates often run for positions on the City Council, Mayor's office, and other local offices in Metairie. These elections are important to the citizens of Metairie because they determine who will lead their city and make decisions that directly affect them. The people of Metairie have a great opportunity to get involved in local politics and shape their city鈥檚 future by voting for their preferred candidate at election time. Participating in local politics ensures that the government will work towards bettering the community and improving living conditions for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 70005 (Metairie, LA) is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, LA is somewhat conservative. In Jefferson County, LA 43.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson parish remained strongly Republican, 54.7% to 43.6%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70005 (Metairie, LA) is leaning conservative.
Metairie, Louisiana is leaning conservative.
Jefferson County, Louisiana is somewhat 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.
Metairie, 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 70005 (Metairie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,136 contributions totaling $265,658 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,115 contributions totaling $1,924,571 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,726 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)