Bob White is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Bob White typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bob White, ~8% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bob White compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bob White leans more Republican than 91 of 162 neighbors.
Bob White runs about 26 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Bob White 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 Bob White, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Bob White hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Bob White is about 99%, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Bob White, 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 Bob White looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Bob White 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 47%, about 5 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 26% of adults in Bob White report food insecurity, above 92% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Bob White 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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- Clothier, WV R+67
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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.