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

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

Charmco is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.

 

About 60% of adults in Charmco typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Charmco, ~10% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Charmco compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Charmco leans more Republican than 114 of 118 neighbors.

Charmco runs about 26 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Charmco sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Charmco, WV sits in the bottom tenth 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 Charmco looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Charmco 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 43%, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 28% of adults in Charmco report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Charmco have completed high school, below 93% 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 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.