Belleville is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Belleville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Belleville, ~14% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Belleville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Belleville leans more Republican than 52 of 105 neighbors.
Belleville runs about 19 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Belleville 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 Belleville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Belleville, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Belleville drive to work alone, above 86% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Belleville, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Belleville looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Belleville is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 61%, about 9 points above the West Virginia average of 52%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Jerrys Run, WV R+62
- Pond Creek, WV R+62
- Hockingport, OH R+50
- Neptune, WV R+66
- Reedsville, OH R+63
- Washington, WV R+51
- Youba, OH R+50
- Rockport, WV R+62
- Saulsbury, WV R+60
Cities with Similar Populations
- Chevak, AK D+22
- Alfred Mills, ME R+25
- Langdon Place, KY D+19
- Portland, NY R+27
- Blain, PA R+66
- Damascus, PA R+34
- Cartersburg, IN R+46
- Mirror Lake, NH D+5
- Lytle Creek, CA R+27
- Lewiston, LA R+56
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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.