The politics in 70006 Metairie, LA are very diverse and reflect the population of the area. Metairie is a suburb of New Orleans, and much like its larger neighbor, it has a wide variety of political beliefs ranging from liberal to conservative. The area is home to many organizations such as the Jefferson Parish Democratic Executive Committee, which works to promote Democratic candidates at the local level. There is also the Jefferson Parish Republican Executive Committee, which serves to provide resources and support for Republican candidates. These committees work together to ensure that every voter has information regarding local political candidates running for office in Metairie. Additionally, both parties have active campaigns throughout the area, bringing in speakers and engaging with residents on key issues during election season.
The political climate in Zip 70006 (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 70006 (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 70006 (Metairie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 258 contributions totaling $67,825 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 291 contributions totaling $169,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $581 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)