Beards Fork leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Beards Fork typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Beards Fork, ~20% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Beards Fork compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Beards Fork leans more Republican than 6 of 164 neighbors.
Beards Fork runs about 17 points more Democratic than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Beards Fork 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 Beards Fork, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 5% of adults in Beards Fork hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 88% of households in Beards Fork are family households, above 98% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Beards Fork, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Beards Fork looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 23% of adults in Beards Fork report food insecurity, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 85% of adults in Beards Fork have completed high school, below 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Page, WV R+53
- Robson, WV R+27
- Kincaid, WV R+58
- Charlton Heights, WV R+47
- Deep Water, WV R+26
- Kimberly, WV R+29
- Dempsey, WV R+49
- Powellton, WV R+34
- Alloy, WV R+51
Cities with Similar Populations
- Hope, MN R+48
- Cooksville, IL R+51
- Bingham Lake, MN R+59
- Sandy Fork, TX R+53
- Honest Hill, NY R+43
- Williams Center, OH R+57
- Valley Head, WV R+66
- Bevington, IA R+45
- Dateland, AZ R+37
- Galena, AK D+24
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.