Lakeview is a true toss-up. About 50% of voters here vote Democratic and 50% Republican.
About 83% of adults in Lakeview typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lakeview, ~41% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lakeview compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Lakeview sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 1 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 26 leaning the other way.
Lakeview runs about 23 points more Democratic than Louisiana as a whole. Louisiana leans Republican overall, while Lakeview sits closer to the political middle.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Lakeview. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+12) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+3), a spread of about 15 points.
Why Lakeview 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 Lakeview, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Density pulls a place toward Democrats and a high white share pulls it toward Republicans. In Lakeview the two roughly cancel. Lakeview runs against the grain of Louisiana, a split-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Lakeview, New Orleans, LA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Lakeview looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Lakeview 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 77%, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Lakeview have completed high school, above 92% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- West End, New Orleans, LA D+4
- Lake Shore, New Orleans, LA D+3
- Lakewood, New Orleans, LA R+9
- Fillmore, New Orleans, LA D+59
- Fairgrounds, New Orleans, LA D+68
- Dillard, New Orleans, LA D+82
- Saint Anthony, New Orleans, LA D+72
- Bayou St John, New Orleans, LA D+59
- Mid-City, New Orleans, LA D+60
- Lake Terrace and Oaks, New Orleans, LA D+41
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- West Sugar Creek, Charlotte, NC D+71
- Lasalle, Buffalo, NY D+78
- Penn, North Liberty, IA D+23
- Burbank-Hayward, Hayward, CA D+42
- North End, Boise, ID D+57
- Cooper Mountain Aloha South, Beaverton, OR D+28
- Addicks-Park ten, Houston, TX D+16
- Longwood-Winton Grove, Hayward, CA D+37
- Foxhill, Hampton, VA R+16
- Henninger Park, Santa Ana, CA D+32
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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.