Elba is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Elba typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Elba, ~4% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Elba compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Elba leans more Republican than 49 of 52 neighbors.
Elba runs about 60 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Why Elba 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 Elba, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Elba live in densely developed areas, about 23 points below the Louisiana average of 25%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Elba are family households, above 86% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Elba, 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 Elba looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 30% of adults in Elba report food insecurity, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Elba sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 72% of adults in Elba have completed high school, below 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Melville, LA R+6
- Woodside, LA R+71
- Palmetto, LA R+22
- Batchelor, LA R+26
- McCrea, LA R+33
- Rosa, LA D+25
- Innis, LA R+37
- Lacour, LA R+26
- Lebeau, LA R+23
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alfordsville, IN R+70
- Chula, LA R+73
- Luke, MD R+51
- Lyden, NM D+15
- Cohagen, MT R+87
- Elamville, AL R+19
- Pyrra, PA R+60
- Swanders, OH R+56
- Willow, SD R+68
- Ransom, PA R+38
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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.