Angola is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 39% of adults in Angola typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Angola, ~7% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~61% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Angola compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Angola leans more Republican than 31 of 39 neighbors.
Angola runs about 44 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Angola. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+68) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+66), a spread of about 134 points.
Why Angola leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Angola, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. More than 99% of residents in Angola drive to work alone, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Angola sits in the bottom quarter (about 9%, below 95% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Angola are family households, above 83% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Angola, LA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Angola looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Angola is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 84% of households in Angola rent, compared to around 15% in nearby cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 67% of adults in Angola have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fort Adams, MS D+23
- Weyanoke, LA D+68
- Pinckneyville, MS D+45
- Plettenberg, LA D+53
- Innis, LA R+37
- Lettsworth, LA R+42
- Lacour, LA R+26
- Batchelor, LA R+26
- Legonier, LA R+45
Cities with Similar Populations
- Chetek, WI R+31
- Newport, NH R+16
- Glen Gardner, NJ R+15
- Corvallis, MT R+53
- Highwood, IL D+34
- Glencoe, AL R+67
- Trenton, SC R+26
- Needles, CA R+25
- Hawkins, TX R+57
- Saranac, MI R+35
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.