Greenwell Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Greenwell Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Greenwell Springs, ~19% vote Democratic, ~67% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Greenwell Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Greenwell Springs leans more Republican than 36 of 52 neighbors.
Greenwell Springs runs about 34 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Greenwell Springs. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+76) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+44), a spread of about 32 points.
Why Greenwell Springs 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 Greenwell Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Greenwell Springs votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 38%, modestly above the Louisiana average of 25%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Greenwell Springs are family households, above 90% of cities.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Greenwell Springs, LA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Greenwell Springs looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Greenwell Springs 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 67%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Greenwell Springs own their home, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Greenwell Springs have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Central, LA R+47
- Pride, LA R+65
- Denham Springs, LA R+59
- Merrydale, LA D+85
- Walker, LA R+72
- Shenandoah, LA R+6
- Baker, LA D+56
- Milldale, LA R+27
- Baton Rouge, LA R+6
- Oldfield, LA R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Strawberry Plains, TN R+65
- Oak Brook, IL Even
- Mendham, NJ Even
- Inwood, NY D+14
- Arizona City, AZ R+20
- Trinidad, CO R+4
- Middleton, MA R+4
- Lebanon, NH D+45
- Tell City, IN R+32
- Vale, NC R+61
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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.