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1876–2024
Madison Parish, Louisiana
Madison Parish·Louisiana

Madison Parish has voted Democratic for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Louisiana's few remaining Democratic-leaning rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Madison Parish, Louisiana · Ktkvtsh · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
D+6
in 2024
Archetype
Democratic loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,513
2024 ACS
Most similar
Clay County
MS · similarity 0.96
26 precincts · 3,992 votes cast
Harris · D+6
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024D
+6.2%
2,0941,8463,992
2020D
+15.5%
2,6541,9304,670
2016D
+17.3%
2,7441,9274,732
2012D
+22.2%
3,1542,0005,187
2008D
+17.9%
3,1002,1525,300
2004D
+0.9%
2,3342,2914,673
2000D
+7.6%
2,4892,1274,743
1996D
+29.5%
3,0851,5915,065
1992D
+21.0%
2,7731,7025,106
1988D
+1.7%
2,4162,3344,911
1984D
+1.0%
2,9062,8495,864
1980D
+12.4%
3,2642,5315,928
1976D
+39.8%
4,9332,0967,128
1972R
−3.5%
2,2492,4204,917
1968D
+35.3%
2,6596495,688
1964D
+66.3%
2,0614172,478
1960R
−20.9%
2356291,888
1956R
−10.9%
2764611,692
1952R
−28.6%
6951,2531,948
1948D
+5.1%
1971271,366
1944D
+38.7%
7643381,102
1940D
+69.6%
1,0171821,199
1936D
+87.7%
1,085711,156
1932D
+78.2%
54867615
1928D
+35.6%
318151469
1924D
+90.9%
27413287
1920D
+97.6%
3314335
1916D
+98.9%
1871188
1912D
+95.4%
1460153
1908D
+92.6%
1566162
1904D
+100.0%
1500150
1900D
+93.7%
1535158
1896D
+85.0%
1,248961,356
1892D
+99.0%
3,433173,450
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%
African American
49.5%
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
38.5%
Methodist
6.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
1.3%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Other Christian
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 52.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Madison's majority-Black population anchors a consistent Democratic lean unusual for rural Louisiana, though the county's total electorate of roughly 6,000 registered voters limits its statewide influence.

The Democratic margin in Madison Parish reached its widest at 100 points in 1904. The margin in 2024 was six points — still decisive.

Madison Parish's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $35,456, a 33% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,513 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Clay County and Warren County.