Bucu is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Bucu typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bucu, ~8% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Bucu compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Bucu leans more Republican than 97 of 122 neighbors.
Bucu runs about 77 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Bucu is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Bucu 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 Bucu, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 11% of adults in Bucu hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Bucu is about 96%, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%. Bucu runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Bucu, VA 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 Bucu looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Bucu 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 48%, about 16 points below the Virginia average of 64%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 36% of households in Bucu rent, above 91% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 71% of adults in Bucu have completed high school, below 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Virginia Department of 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.