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1876–2024
Sabine Parish, Louisiana
Sabine Parish·Louisiana

Sabine Parish was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.

One of Louisiana's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Sabine Parish, Louisiana · Billy Hathorn · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+70
in 2024
Archetype
Populist
since the recent cycles
Population
21,977
2024 ACS
Most similar
Vernon Parish
LA · similarity 1.00
32 precincts · 10,170 votes cast
Trump · R+70
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−70.1%
1,4888,61310,170
2020R
−66.5%
1,7318,77610,596
2016R
−63.1%
1,7037,8799,787
2012R
−55.1%
2,1947,73810,053
2008R
−51.6%
2,2457,2269,652
2004R
−41.4%
2,7436,7119,576
2000R
−32.8%
2,8465,7548,862
1996D
+8.0%
4,2633,5439,007
1992D
+6.3%
4,1733,5869,348
1988R
−14.5%
3,5324,7678,541
1984R
−34.9%
2,9806,2959,500
1980D
+8.7%
5,1004,2659,585
1976D
+12.3%
4,5553,5318,351
1972R
−53.9%
1,3324,9356,680
1968D
+0.5%
1,1591,1256,810
1964D
+33.4%
4,1652,0816,246
1960R
−0.1%
2,4122,4195,889
1956R
−6.9%
1,8002,0864,134
1952D
+23.4%
3,2822,0395,321
1948D
+22.7%
1,4054694,126
1944D
+32.7%
2,0481,0393,087
1940D
+67.5%
3,0265883,614
1936D
+70.9%
2,4474172,865
1932D
+92.6%
3,0081103,128
1928D
+31.6%
1,4147352,149
1924D
+68.4%
1,1762171,403
1920D
+83.6%
1,2451111,356
1916D
+94.5%
1,147301,182
1912D
+76.8%
71528895
1908D
+80.5%
59347678
1904D
+77.7%
50458574
1900D
+82.5%
54352595
1896D
+94.8%
1,469361,511
1892R
−20.0%
5097641,273
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
0.5%
African American
11.8%
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
49.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
15.1%
Other Christian
9.4%
Methodist
2.6%
Pentecostal & Holiness
2.1%
Mainline Protestant
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 20.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sabine Parish, tucked against the Texas border in the Piney Woods, recorded a 70-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the deep realignment of rural, majority-white parishes across northwestern Louisiana over the past two decades.

The Democratic margin in Sabine Parish peaked at ninety-five points in 1896. By 2000 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was seventy points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Sabine Parish's median household income of $50,329 sits well below state and national norms, and 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Vernon Parish and Bowie County.