Bayou Gauche is a Republican stronghold. About 7% of voters here vote Democratic and 93% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Bayou Gauche typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bayou Gauche, ~5% vote Democratic, ~74% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bayou Gauche compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bayou Gauche is the most Republican-leaning.
Bayou Gauche runs about 65 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Why Bayou Gauche 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 Bayou Gauche, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Bayou Gauche sits in the bottom quarter on density and more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 35 points above the Louisiana average of 65%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 93% of households in Bayou Gauche are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Bayou Gauche, LA sits in the bottom tenth 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 Bayou Gauche looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Bayou Gauche own their home, about 20 points above the Louisiana average of 76%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Des Allemands, LA R+57
- Paradis, LA R+65
- Boutte, LA D+22
- Luling, LA R+39
- Gheens, LA R+84
- Mathews, LA R+55
- Hahnville, LA D+6
- Destrehan, LA R+34
- New Sarpy, LA R+17
- Ama, LA R+9
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bovina, TX R+48
- Kasota, MN R+26
- Ovid, NY R+21
- Redington Shores, FL R+21
- Kaibito, AZ D+34
- Bellport, NY D+25
- Sandy Spring, MD D+43
- Durham, OR D+36
- Clarendon, TX R+58
- Minong, WI R+28
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.