Canvas, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Canvas

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Canvas is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.

 

About 80% of adults in Canvas typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Canvas, ~14% vote Democratic, ~66% Republican, and ~20% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Canvas compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Canvas leans more Republican than 68 of 105 neighbors.

Canvas runs about 22 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Canvas. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+65) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+53), a spread of about 12 points.

Why Canvas 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 Canvas, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Canvas sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Canvas, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Canvas looks the way it does

Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Canvas own their home, about 15 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. 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 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.