Hicks is a Republican stronghold. About 7% of voters here vote Democratic and 93% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Hicks typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hicks, ~4% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hicks compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hicks leans more Republican than 33 of 43 neighbors.
Hicks runs about 64 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Why Hicks 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 Hicks, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Hicks, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 28%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Hicks are family households, above 84% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Hicks, LA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Hicks looks the way it does
Turnout in Hicks sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Simpson, LA R+84
- Lacamp, LA R+87
- Walnut Hill, LA R+85
- Leander, LA R+87
- Stille, LA R+83
- Hutton, LA R+83
- Pine Coupee, LA R+76
- Sieper, LA R+80
- Hineston, LA R+86
Cities with Similar Populations
- Pulpit Harbor, ME D+24
- Padua, OH R+78
- Johnson City, MO R+69
- Koerth, TX R+75
- Jericho, AR R+14
- Johnnie, NV R+43
- Upland, NE R+71
- West Lenox, PA R+45
- Coverdale, GA R+70
- Schwertner, TX R+57
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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.