Freestate-North Highlands leans heavily Democratic by roughly 46 points: about 73% of voters vote Democratic and 27% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Freestate-North Highlands typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Freestate-North Highlands, ~48% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Freestate-North Highlands compares
Freestate-North Highlands sits in a sparsely populated area with few comparable neighborhoods nearby.
Freestate-North Highlands runs about 68 points more Democratic than Louisiana as a whole. Louisiana leans Republican overall, while Freestate-North Highlands is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Freestate-North Highlands. The east side runs the most Democratic (D+86) and the north side runs the most Republican (R+44), a spread of about 129 points.
Why Freestate-North Highlands 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 Freestate-North Highlands, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural, majority-Black areas of the Southern Black Belt vote Democratic, against the usual rural pattern. About 71% of residents in Freestate-North Highlands are Black or African American, about 46 points above the Louisiana average of 25%. Freestate-North Highlands runs against the grain of Louisiana, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Freestate-North Highlands, 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 Freestate-North Highlands looks the way it does
Turnout in Freestate-North Highlands sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Martin Luther King, Shreveport, LA D+78
- Allendale-Lakeside, Shreveport, LA D+86
- Queensborough, Shreveport, LA D+84
- Highland-Stoner Hill, Shreveport, LA D+39
- Country Club Hills Lakeshore Shops, Shreveport, LA D+79
- 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
- Western Hills Yarborough, Shreveport, LA D+33
- Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside, Shreveport, LA D+80
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Canton, Salisbury, MD D+45
- Phelps, Springfield, MO D+31
- Belknap Lookout, Grand Rapids, MI D+50
- Sherwood Forest, Jacksonville, FL D+78
- Mott Section, Garden City, NY D+4
- Tampa Heights, Tampa, FL D+53
- Thurston, Ann Arbor, MI D+66
- Brookhaven, Norman, OK Even
- Epes, Newport News, VA D+61
- Fort Howard, Green Bay, WI D+12
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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.