Simms is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 35% of adults in Simms typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Simms, ~3% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~65% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Simms compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Simms leans more Republican than 27 of 54 neighbors.
Simms runs about 59 points more Republican than Louisiana as a whole.
Why Simms 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 Simms, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 92% of residents in Simms drive to work alone, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Simms sits in the bottom quarter (about 10%, below 93% of cities).
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Simms, LA does.
Why turnout in Simms looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Simms 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 48%, about 7 points below the Louisiana average of 55%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 26% of adults in Simms report food insecurity, above 92% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Simms have completed high school, below 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pollock, LA R+85
- Bentley, LA R+87
- Ball, LA R+67
- Dry Prong, LA R+85
- Timber Trails, LA R+78
- Fishville, LA R+85
- Tioga, LA R+21
- Bagdad, LA R+62
- Rock Hill, LA R+71
- Pineville, LA R+44
Cities with Similar Populations
- Marshalls Creek, PA Even
- Clarksville, VA R+26
- Brownsville, KY R+67
- Locust Valley, NY R+16
- Hartly, DE R+44
- Brodhead, KY R+72
- Sunderland, MA D+48
- Le Center, MN R+34
- Lawrence, MI R+28
- Brownsboro, AL R+37
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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.