Amonate, VA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Amonate

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

Amonate is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.

 

About 52% of adults in Amonate typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Amonate, ~7% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Amonate compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Amonate leans more Republican than 115 of 134 neighbors.

Amonate runs about 78 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Amonate is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Why Amonate leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Amonate, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Amonate hold a bachelor's degree, about 21 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Amonate drive to work alone, above 84% of cities. Amonate runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Amonate, VA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Amonate looks the way it does

Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 69% of adults in Amonate have completed high school, about 21 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 28% of households in Amonate rent, above 81% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Amonate sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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 Virginia Department of 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.