Brownsburg is a Republican stronghold. About 25% of voters here vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Brownsburg typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Brownsburg, ~15% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Brownsburg compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Brownsburg leans more Republican than 11 of 52 neighbors.
Brownsburg runs about 9 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Brownsburg 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 Brownsburg, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Brownsburg live in densely developed areas, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 12%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Brownsburg, 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 Brownsburg looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 23% of adults in Brownsburg report food insecurity, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Brownsburg sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 82% of adults in Brownsburg have completed high school, below 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Onoto, WV R+51
- Marlinton, WV R+55
- Campbelltown, WV R+56
- Edray, WV R+48
- Clover Lick, WV R+51
- Buckeye, WV R+55
- Huntersville, WV R+60
- Stony Bottom, WV R+49
- Watoga, WV R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lindsay, VA Even
- Lenora, KS R+83
- Praesel, TX R+66
- Linwood, KY R+70
- Castana, IA R+49
- Okreek, SD D+27
- Punta de Agua, NM R+33
- Guilford, IL R+29
- Cahone, CO R+41
- Verdery, SC R+25
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.