Politics in 70119 New Orleans, LA are an important part of the local community. The area is represented at all levels of government, from city council to state representatives and senators. At the local level, the City of New Orleans is divided into seven districts and each district has a representative on the City Council who is elected to serve the citizens of their district. On the state level, Louisiana has two senators and six representatives in Congress representing all citizens living within its borders. Additionally, Louisiana elects a Governor every four years who serves as head of state. All these elected officials are responsible for ensuring that the residents of 70119 have access to services and resources they need to thrive in their community. Voters in 70119 can exercise their right to vote in any election cycle to help make sure they have representation on the local and federal level.
The political climate in Zip 70119 (New Orleans, LA) is very liberal.
Orleans County, LA is very liberal. In Orleans County, LA 83.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 15.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Orleans parish remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 83.1% to 15.0%.
Orleans county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70119 (New Orleans, LA) is very liberal.
New Orleans, Louisiana is very liberal.
Orleans County, Louisiana is very 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.
New Orleans, 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 70119 (New Orleans)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,273 contributions totaling $295,696 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 105 contributions totaling $46,153 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $440 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)