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1876–2024
Grant Parish, Louisiana
Grant Parish·Louisiana

Grant Parish voted Democratic for a century. The shift began with civil rights.

One of Louisiana's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Grant Parish, Louisiana · Billy Hathorn · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+77
in 2024
Archetype
Old Confederacy
since the recent cycles
Population
22,095
2024 ACS
Most similar
Echols County
GA · similarity 1.00
31 precincts · 9,018 votes cast
Trump · R+77
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−76.8%
9967,9259,018
2020R
−74.1%
1,1578,1179,392
2016R
−70.6%
1,1817,4088,821
2012R
−65.3%
1,4227,0828,667
2008R
−63.5%
1,4746,9078,558
2004R
−49.2%
1,9775,9117,991
2000R
−38.1%
2,0994,7847,055
1996R
−1.9%
2,9803,1177,292
1992R
−1.2%
3,1223,2147,878
1988R
−24.5%
2,6284,4027,245
1984R
−33.9%
2,5885,3348,097
1980R
−4.5%
3,2903,6117,148
1976D
+22.7%
3,6702,2806,136
1972R
−58.4%
8593,6264,739
1968R
−3.3%
9321,1135,515
1964D
+38.7%
3,2921,4544,746
1960R
−0.9%
1,2191,2543,882
1956R
−2.5%
1,5421,6303,539
1952D
+29.4%
2,6461,4434,089
1948D
+29.8%
1,1202732,840
1944D
+55.4%
1,9395562,495
1940D
+83.2%
2,5342322,766
1936D
+56.7%
1,8475112,358
1932D
+92.0%
1,966812,048
1928D
+33.9%
1,0235051,528
1924D
+56.2%
595167762
1920D
+72.2%
674109783
1916D
+90.2%
64031675
1912D
+60.1%
44615717
1908D
+58.1%
38883525
1904D
+55.6%
28071376
1900D
+38.3%
350156506
1896D
+71.7%
780123916
1892R
−43.2%
206519725
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
100.0%
Polish
0.9%
African American
12.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Baptist
35.4%
Other Christian
3.7%
Methodist
2.2%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Grant Parish recorded an R+76.8 margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided presidential counties in the state. Its small, rural population is concentrated in the Kisatchie National Forest region of central Louisiana.

The shift began with civil rights. 1980 marked the realignment in Grant Parish, by a four points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 2024. The 2024 margin was seventy-seven points.

The political shift has tracked, in Grant Parish, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 78% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $64,016, and a 17% poverty rate describe the demographic context. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Echols County and Beauregard Parish.