Beechwood leans Republican by roughly 24 points: about 38% of voters vote Democratic and 62% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Beechwood typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Beechwood, ~22% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Beechwood compares
Beechwood runs about 17 points more Democratic than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by block within Beechwood. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+34) and the southeast side is the least Republican-leaning (R+17), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Beechwood leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Beechwood, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Beechwood, about 92% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 28%.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Beechwood, Parkersburg, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Beechwood looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 82% of adults in Beechwood have completed high school, about 8 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- Glenbrook, Vienna, WV R+29
- Marietta Historic District, Marietta, OH Even
- Wheeling Avenue Historic District, Cambridge, OH R+29
- Brighton Historic District, Zanesville, OH R+17
- Barnesville Historic District, Barnesville, OH R+52
- McIntire Terrace Historic District, Zanesville, OH R+12
- Lancaster Historic District, Lancaster, OH R+15
- West Side, Charleston, WV D+43
- East End, Charleston, WV D+44
- South Ruffner, Charleston, WV D+24
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Newmarket South, Newport News, VA D+59
- Carver-Richmond, Richmond, VA D+70
- Lake Forest, Lake Oswego, OR D+42
- Cortez, Bradenton, FL R+23
- Meyer Park, Tempe, AZ D+29
- Downtown Carlsbad, Carlsbad, CA D+24
- Historic West-Side, Springfield, IL D+39
- Wendover-Sedgewood, Charlotte, NC D+16
- Holy Cross, New Orleans, LA D+77
- Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, NY R+51
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.