Ellerbee Woods leans heavily Republican by roughly 50 points: about 25% of voters vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Ellerbee Woods typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ellerbee Woods, ~22% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ellerbee Woods compares
Ellerbee Woods sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.
Ellerbee Woods runs about 28 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Ellerbee Woods. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+57) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+24), a spread of about 34 points.
Why Ellerbee Woods leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Ellerbee Woods, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican, and Ellerbee Woods sits in the bottom quarter on developed land relative to similar places. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Ellerbee Woods are family households, above 79% of neighborhoods.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Ellerbee Woods, Shreveport, LA sits in the bottom quarter 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 Ellerbee Woods looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Ellerbee Woods is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Ellerbee Woods own their home, compared to around 49% in nearby neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Springlake-University Terrace, Shreveport, LA R+12
- Hyde Park-Brookwood-Southern Hills, Shreveport, LA D+26
- Ceder Grove-Lynbrook, Shreveport, LA D+81
- Jenkins-Pinecroft, Shreveport, LA D+33
- Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside, Shreveport, LA D+80
- Caddo Heights-South Highlands, Shreveport, LA D+31
- Broadmoor-Anderson Isle-Shreve Isle, Shreveport, LA R+7
- Mooretown and Hollywood Heights, Shreveport, LA D+90
- Highland-Stoner Hill, Shreveport, LA D+39
- Queensborough, Shreveport, LA D+84
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Avalon Park, Chicago, IL D+86
- Southsuide Estates, Jacksonville, FL R+18
- Cartwright, Phoenix, AZ D+36
- West Side, Scranton, PA D+8
- Sunset Heights, Orem, UT R+26
- Downtown Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA D+65
- Broadway-Fillmore, Buffalo, NY D+47
- Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY D+62
- Sun City, Georgetown, TX R+20
- Central Terry, Billings, MT D+3
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.