Barren Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Barren Springs typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Barren Springs, ~11% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Barren Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Barren Springs leans more Republican than 68 of 75 neighbors.
Barren Springs runs about 76 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Barren Springs is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Barren Springs 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 Barren Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 2% of adults in Barren Springs hold a bachelor's degree, about 26 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Barren Springs drive to work alone, above 90% of cities. Barren Springs runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Housing overcrowding and voter turnout
Places with low overcrowding tend to turn out at a higher rate; Barren Springs, VA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Barren Springs looks the way it does
Turnout in Barren Springs sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Jett, VA R+68
- Grahams Forge, VA R+73
- Fosters Falls, VA R+72
- Draper, VA R+60
- Shorts Creek, VA R+69
- Sylvatus, VA R+66
- Austinville, VA R+68
- Max Meadows, VA R+68
- Richardson, VA R+65
- Walton Furnace, VA R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zumbro Falls, MN R+44
- Gable, SC R+8
- Frazer, KY R+52
- Pena Blanca, NM D+48
- Jonesville, TX R+57
- Dawson, TX R+63
- Swifton, AR R+56
- Mannsville, OK R+72
- Irma, WI R+33
- Port O'Connor, TX R+65
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.