Western Hills Yarborough, Shreveport, LA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Western Hills Yarborough

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

Western Hills Yarborough leans heavily Democratic by roughly 34 points: about 67% of voters vote Democratic and 33% Republican.

 

About 75% of adults in Western Hills Yarborough typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Western Hills Yarborough, ~50% vote Democratic, ~25% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Western Hills Yarborough compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Western Hills Yarborough is the least Democratic-leaning.

Western Hills Yarborough runs about 55 points more Democratic than Louisiana as a whole. Louisiana leans Republican overall, while Western Hills Yarborough is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Western Hills Yarborough. The southwest side runs the most Democratic (D+68) and the northwest side runs the most Republican (R+29), a spread of about 97 points.

Why Western Hills Yarborough 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 Western Hills Yarborough, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Western Hills Yarborough votes against the grain of Louisiana. Louisiana leans Republican overall, while Western Hills Yarborough runs about 55 points more Democratic. Rural majority-Black areas vote Democratic, and about 57% of residents in Western Hills Yarborough are Black or African American, above 92% of neighborhoods.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Western Hills Yarborough, Shreveport, LA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Western Hills Yarborough looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Western Hills Yarborough 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 61%, about 6 points above the Louisiana average of 55%. 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.