Clear Creek, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Clear Creek

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

Clear Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 79% of adults in Clear Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Clear Creek, ~10% vote Democratic, ~69% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Clear Creek compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Clear Creek leans more Republican than 165 of 176 neighbors.

Clear Creek runs about 34 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Clear Creek live in densely developed areas, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 12%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Clear Creek sits in the bottom quarter (about 9%, below 95% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 94% of households in Clear Creek are family households, in the top fraction of cities.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Clear Creek, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Clear Creek looks the way it does

Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Clear Creek sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.