Bim is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Bim typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bim, ~8% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bim compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bim leans more Republican than 122 of 165 neighbors.
Bim runs about 29 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Bim 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 Bim, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Bim, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Bim, 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 Bim looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Bim is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 44%, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 27% of adults in Bim report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Bim sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Van, WV R+63
- Gordon, WV R+48
- Rock Creek, WV R+74
- Price Hill, WV R+58
Cities with Similar Populations
- Windrock, TN R+68
- Polk, KS R+56
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- Offerle, KS R+81
- Rowland, PA R+40
- Kent, VA R+65
- Sangrey, MT D+72
- Walston, PA R+54
- Bejou, MN R+26
- Havana, KS R+76
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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.