Bayou La Batre is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Bayou La Batre typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bayou La Batre, ~13% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bayou La Batre compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bayou La Batre leans more Republican than 12 of 26 neighbors.
Bayou La Batre runs about 25 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Bayou La Batre. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+60) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+49), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Bayou La Batre 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 La Batre, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Bayou La Batre hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Alabama average of 20%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Bayou La Batre drive to work alone, above 86% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Bayou La Batre, AL sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Bayou La Batre looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Bayou La Batre 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 11 points below the Alabama average of 54%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 37% of households in Bayou La Batre rent, compared to around 15% in nearby cities. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 30% of adults in Bayou La Batre report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Irvington, AL R+59
- Coden, AL R+76
- San Souci Beach, AL R+73
- Delchamps, AL R+82
- Heron Bay, AL R+81
- Mon Louis, AL R+81
- St. Elmo, AL R+58
- Grand Bay, AL R+70
- Theodore, AL R+43
- Tillmans Corner, AL R+37
Cities with Similar Populations
- Grand Rapids, OH R+35
- Juliff, TX D+48
- Troy, MT R+53
- Ghent, NY D+9
- Spartansburg, PA R+60
- Gilbertsville, KY R+57
- Pierce, NE R+69
- North Bennington, VT D+32
- Melba, ID R+72
- Elkhart Lake, WI R+29
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama 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.