Airport-Pines Road leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Airport-Pines Road typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Airport-Pines Road, ~51% vote Democratic, ~19% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Airport-Pines Road compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Airport-Pines Road leans more Democratic than 3 of 6 neighbors.
Airport-Pines Road runs about 69 points more Democratic than Louisiana as a whole. Louisiana leans Republican overall, while Airport-Pines Road is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Airport-Pines Road. The north side runs the most Democratic (D+71) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+8), a spread of about 79 points.
Why Airport-Pines Road leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Airport-Pines Road, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 72% of residents in Airport-Pines Road are Black or African American, about 47 points above the Louisiana average of 25%. Airport-Pines Road runs against the grain of Louisiana, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Airport-Pines Road, Shreveport, LA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Airport-Pines Road looks the way it does
Turnout in Airport-Pines Road sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Jenkins-Pinecroft, Shreveport, LA D+33
- Mooretown and Hollywood Heights, Shreveport, LA D+90
- Western Hills Yarborough, Shreveport, LA D+33
- Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside, Shreveport, LA D+80
- Hyde Park-Brookwood-Southern Hills, Shreveport, LA D+26
- Country Club Hills Lakeshore Shops, Shreveport, LA D+79
- Ceder Grove-Lynbrook, Shreveport, LA D+81
- Queensborough, Shreveport, LA D+84
- Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport, LA D+31
- Allendale-Lakeside, Shreveport, LA D+86
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Cathedral Park, Portland, OR D+66
- Mondawin-Walbrook, Baltimore, MD D+86
- Hillcrest, San Diego, CA D+61
- McMurray-Huntingdon, Nashville, TN D+21
- Fruitvale Station, Oakland, CA D+52
- Shawnee, Louisville, KY D+86
- South 48th Street, Lincoln, NE D+20
- Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY D+79
- Beresford, San Mateo, CA D+52
- Lawndale, Philadelphia, PA D+40
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Louisiana Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.