Kraemer is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 47% of adults in Kraemer typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kraemer, ~5% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kraemer compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kraemer leans more Republican than 70 of 77 neighbors.
Kraemer runs about 57 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Kraemer. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+80) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+41), a spread of about 39 points.
Why Kraemer 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 Kraemer, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 5% of adults in Kraemer hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the Louisiana average of 19%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Kraemer, 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 Kraemer looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 76% of adults in Kraemer have completed high school, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Golden Star Plantation, LA R+79
- Pleasure Bend, LA R+51
- Choctaw, LA R+81
- South Vacherie, LA R+25
- Vacherie, LA D+21
- Lafourche, LA R+81
- Rousseau, LA R+74
- Chackbay, LA R+80
- Des Allemands, LA R+57
- Raceland, LA R+45
Cities with Similar Populations
- Riverton, IA R+49
- Handy, GA R+64
- Stidham, OK R+65
- Hambleton, WV R+50
- New Cambria, MO R+68
- Lakeland Shores, MN R+2
- Newtonia, MO R+72
- New Athens, OH R+60
- Van Dyke, TN R+68
- Wintergreen, VA R+10
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.