Ballengee is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Ballengee typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ballengee, ~10% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ballengee compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ballengee leans more Republican than 51 of 144 neighbors.
Ballengee runs about 16 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Ballengee 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 Ballengee, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Ballengee, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 92% of residents in Ballengee drive to work alone, above 96% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Ballengee, WV 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 Ballengee looks the way it does
Turnout in Ballengee sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Barksdale, WV R+55
- Bellepoint, WV R+60
- Hinton, WV R+41
- Jumping Branch, WV R+60
- Pluto, WV R+51
- Nimitz, WV R+61
- Hix, WV R+54
- Streeter, WV R+60
- White Oak, WV R+65
- Buck, WV R+60
Cities with Similar Populations
- Appam, ND R+74
- Worthville, GA R+40
- Masten, PA R+63
- Richland, MT R+57
- Omo Ranch, CA R+29
- Coryville, PA R+57
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from West Virginia Secretary of State, 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.