Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside, Shreveport, LA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside is a Democratic stronghold. About 90% of voters here vote Democratic and 10% Republican.

 

About 48% of adults in Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside, ~43% vote Democratic, ~5% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside leans more Democratic than 9 of 13 neighbors.

Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside runs about 103 points more Democratic than Louisiana as a whole. Louisiana leans Republican overall, while Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Why Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside 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 Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside votes against the grain of Louisiana. Louisiana leans Republican overall, while Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside runs about 103 points more Democratic. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 58% of adults in Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside have never been married, above 91% of neighborhoods.

Food insecurity and voter turnout

Places with high food insecurity tend to turn out at a lower rate; Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside, Shreveport, LA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Food insecurity does not directly drive turnout; it reflects economic hardship, which lines up with lower voting.

Why turnout in Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside looks the way it does

Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 59% of adults in Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside report food insecurity, about 43 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 72% of adults in Sunset Arcre-Garden Valley-Morningside have completed high school, below 93% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.