Batchelor leans Republican by roughly 26 points: about 37% of voters vote Democratic and 63% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Batchelor typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Batchelor, ~21% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Batchelor compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Batchelor leans more Republican than 15 of 54 neighbors.
Batchelor runs about 4 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Why Batchelor 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 Batchelor, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Batchelor live in densely developed areas, about 22 points below the Louisiana average of 25%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Batchelor are family households, above 83% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Batchelor, LA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Batchelor looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Batchelor is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 43%, about 13 points below the Louisiana average of 55%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 32% of adults in Batchelor report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Elba, LA R+82
- Lettsworth, LA R+42
- Woodside, LA R+71
- Morganza, LA R+19
- Melville, LA R+6
- Legonier, LA R+45
Cities with Similar Populations
- Grady, AR R+5
- Nininger, MN R+20
- Buffington, PA R+28
- Locke Mills, ME R+25
- Norway Grove, WI R+8
- New Richmond, PA R+55
- Barnesville, NC R+29
- Watha, NC R+42
- West Shelby, NY R+44
- Tyner, IN R+51
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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.