Morgan City is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Morgan City typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Morgan City, ~12% vote Democratic, ~74% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Morgan City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Morgan City leans more Republican than 25 of 54 neighbors.
Morgan City runs about 42 points more Republican than Alabama as a whole.
Why Morgan City 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 Morgan City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 90% of residents in Morgan City drive to work alone, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Morgan City, AL 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 Morgan City looks the way it does
Turnout in Morgan City 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
- Union Grove, AL R+74
- Laceys Spring, AL R+67
- Valhermoso Springs, AL R+62
- Somerville, AL R+75
- Scant City, AL R+75
- Joppa, AL R+79
- Winton, AL R+78
- Eva, AL R+81
- Arab, AL R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Glendon, PA R+15
- Danciger, TX R+57
- Aleppo, PA R+58
- Lynchburg, MO R+73
- Robat, SC R+61
- Sedgwick, CO R+58
- North Bend, MS R+71
- Maplehurst, NY R+43
- Lake Marcel-Stillwater, WA D+27
- South Danby, NY D+57
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Alabama 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.