Canton is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Canton typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Canton, ~9% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Canton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Canton is the most Republican-leaning.
Canton runs about 30 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Canton 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 Canton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Canton, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 5 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Canton, WV sits in the bottom quarter 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 Canton looks the way it does
Turnout in Canton sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Center Point, WV R+70
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- New Milton, WV R+71
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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.