Central Station is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 36% of adults in Central Station typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Central Station, ~6% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~64% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Central Station compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Central Station leans more Republican than 87 of 124 neighbors.
Central Station runs about 27 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Central Station 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 Central Station, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 11% of adults in Central Station hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Central Station are family households, above 85% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Central Station, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Central Station looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 79% of adults in Central Station have completed high school, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Central Station sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Greenwood, WV R+70
- Joy, WV R+71
- West Union, WV R+66
- Toll Gate, WV R+70
- Oxford, WV R+71
- Blandville, WV R+71
- Pennsboro, WV R+69
- Porto Rico, WV R+72
- Wilbur, WV R+70
- Canton, WV R+72
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wright City, OK R+61
- Paron, AR R+57
- Sulphur, KY R+54
- Waynoka, OK R+68
- Forest Grove, MI R+54
- Peck, KS R+60
- Job, KY R+79
- Cook Springs, AL R+84
- Belle Haven, VA R+9
- Cable, WI R+11
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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.