Bradley is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Bradley typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bradley, ~12% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bradley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bradley leans more Republican than 83 of 168 neighbors.
Bradley runs about 18 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Bradley 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 Bradley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Bradley votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 27%, well above the West Virginia average of 12%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Bradley are family households, above 86% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Bradley, 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 Bradley looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 22% of adults in Bradley report food insecurity, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mount Hope, WV R+35
- Prosperity, WV R+46
- Pax, WV R+66
- Lanark, WV R+59
- Skelton, WV R+32
- Glen Jean, WV R+35
- Piney View, WV R+59
- Stanaford, WV R+40
Cities with Similar Populations
- Petrieville, MI R+26
- Brighton, AL D+83
- Sac City, IA R+45
- Oak Creek, CO Even
- Fryeburg, ME R+18
- Shellsburg, IA R+44
- Berry, AL R+82
- Waldo, AR R+21
- Lowgap, NC R+68
- Woodworth, LA R+71
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.