Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+14%. Democratic peak: D+95 in 1904.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+14MIT Election Lab
Political archetype: Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
Population: 386,8192024 5-year
Median household income: $56,9022024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 50.9%2024 5-year
Black: 39.4%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 5.3%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin: D+95 in 1900MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin: R+48 in 1972MIT Election Lab

2024 results by constituent county

3 counties · 1 D · 2 R

R+60

D+60

One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−14.4%	67,757	90,935	160,844
2020	R	−10.9%	76,229	95,207	174,303
2016	R	−12.6%	71,289	92,548	169,152
2012	R	−10.5%	76,551	94,800	173,378
2008	R	−11.0%	73,481	91,824	166,752
2004	R	−13.4%	69,082	90,543	160,636
2000	R	−7.6%	64,499	75,291	142,150
1996	D	+12.7%	77,268	58,823	145,281
1992	D	+1.9%	64,717	61,936	146,500
1988	R	−19.8%	53,605	80,327	135,003
1984	R	−31.9%	47,375	92,056	140,122
1980	R	−16.2%	51,660	72,066	125,850
1976	R	−14.6%	43,285	58,360	103,175
1972	R	−48.0%	21,159	64,088	89,370
1968	O	−2.3%	23,857	25,943	91,702
1964	D	+61.5%	55,973	13,349	69,322
1960	R	−25.7%	14,862	30,171	59,460
1956	R	−29.8%	13,940	28,550	48,965
1952	R	−28.3%	18,915	33,830	52,745
1948	O	+8.2%	7,749	5,385	28,771
1944	D	+41.8%	17,184	7,045	24,259
1940	D	+72.8%	23,109	3,610	26,768
1936	D	+78.5%	16,468	1,983	18,457
1932	D	+83.7%	16,766	1,452	18,305
1928	D	+36.9%	9,566	4,407	13,975
1924	D	+64.1%	6,414	1,228	8,087
1920	D	+85.1%	6,214	501	6,715
1916	D	+92.9%	4,888	177	5,069
1912	D	+87.0%	3,188	51	3,606
1908	D	+88.2%	3,084	150	3,326
1904	D	+95.2%	2,975	66	3,057
1900	D	+94.8%	2,896	78	2,974
1896	D	+81.3%	4,898	460	5,462
1892	D	+83.9%	6,764	591	7,355
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

9.3%

English

8.8%

Irish

6.3%

German

5.7%

French

2.3%

Italian

1.7%

Scottish

1.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.6 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.7%

85+

1.4%

2.1%

75–84

2.9%

4.8%

65–74

5.8%

5.9%

55–64

6.5%

5.5%

45–54

6.0%

6.5%

35–44

6.9%

6.4%

25–34

6.7%

4.1%

18–24

4.0%

9.1%

5–17

8.7%

3.2%

3.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$56,902

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ranks near the middle of US counties.

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$56,902

Louisiana$60,756

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

20.2%

Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.

Children under 1827.2%

Working age (18–64)18.1%

Seniors (65+)15.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

95.1%

speak English only

Spanish3.1%

Other Indo-European0.8%

Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%

Other languages0.3%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

37.1%

Other Christian

12.0%

Catholic & Orthodox

6.9%

Pentecostal & Holiness

6.8%

Methodist

6.4%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Non-Christian

0.9%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Shreveport and Bossier City straddle the Red River and a persistent partisan divide: Shreveport's Black population regularly delivers Democratic margins while surrounding Bossier and Webster parishes offset them by wide Republican spreads.

The shift began with civil rights. 2000 marked the realignment in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, by a eight points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at forty-eight points in 1972. The 2024 margin was fourteen points.

The political shift has tracked, in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 51% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $56,902, and a 20% poverty rate describe the demographic context.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana vote in 2024?

In 2024, Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana voted Republican by 14.4 points (R+14), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 160,844 votes cast, 67,757 went Democratic and 90,935 went Republican.

What is Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana's political archetype?

Akashic classifies Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 17 times, Republican 15 times, and other 2 times.

When did Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana last vote Democratic?

The most recent presidential election in which Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana voted Democratic was 1996.

How many people live in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana?

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana has a population of 386,819 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana?

Median household income in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana is $56,902 — below the national median of $80,734. The Louisiana state median is $60,756.

What is the political history of Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA, Louisiana from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 17 went Democratic and 15 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA voted Democratic for a century; it now votes Republican by 14 points.

Key facts

Demographics

Frequently asked questions