Forked Island is a Republican stronghold. About 6% of voters here vote Democratic and 94% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Forked Island typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Forked Island, ~4% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Forked Island compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Forked Island is the most Republican-leaning.
Forked Island runs about 65 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Why Forked Island 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 Forked Island, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Forked Island, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Louisiana average of 19%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Forked Island sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 96% of cities).
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Forked Island, LA sits in the bottom tenth 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 Forked Island looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 23% of adults in Forked Island report food insecurity, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Forked Island have completed high school, below 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Nunez, LA R+80
- Esther, LA R+80
- Intracoastal City, LA R+83
- Kaplan, LA R+59
- Perry, LA R+72
- Henry, LA R+73
- Meaux, LA R+71
- Abbeville, LA R+29
- Gueydan, LA R+71
- Lyons Point, LA R+83
Cities with Similar Populations
- Honeybee, KY R+79
- Whitesville, WV R+68
- Erie, TN R+75
- South Vacherie, LA R+25
- Southside, WV R+62
- Wakefield, OH R+61
- Huntington, OH R+51
- Tecumseh, MO R+67
- Ekalaka, MT R+76
- Lubec, ME R+9
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.