Morville leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 26% of adults in Morville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Morville, ~7% vote Democratic, ~19% Republican, and ~74% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Morville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Morville leans more Republican than 16 of 40 neighbors.
Morville runs about 25 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Why Morville 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 Morville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Morville live in densely developed areas, about 22 points below the Louisiana average of 25%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Morville sits in the bottom quarter (about 5%, below 98% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 95% of households in Morville are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Morville, LA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Morville looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Morville is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 50%, about 5 points below the Louisiana average of 55%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 30% of adults in Morville report food insecurity, above 95% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 64% of adults in Morville have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- St. Genevieve, LA R+74
- Ridgecrest, LA R+36
- Lismore, LA R+51
- Monterey, LA R+87
- Frogmore, LA R+42
- Ferriday, LA D+24
- Parhams, LA R+71
- Vidalia, LA R+50
- Minorca, LA R+17
- Rhinehart, LA R+55
Cities with Similar Populations
- Picacho, NM R+51
- Klahr, PA R+69
- Rotavele, CA R+27
- Delina, TN R+68
- Bluff City, KY R+55
- Espanola, FL R+53
- Mulberry, MO R+66
- Norris, MO R+66
- Ireland, TX R+62
- Mayfield, SD R+58
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.