Conaway is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Conaway typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Conaway, ~10% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Conaway compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Conaway leans more Republican than 34 of 146 neighbors.
Conaway runs about 73 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Conaway is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Conaway 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 Conaway, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Conaway, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 28 points below the Virginia average of 29%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 91% of households in Conaway are family households, in the top fraction of cities. Conaway runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Conaway, VA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Conaway looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Conaway 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 44%, about 20 points below the Virginia average of 64%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 29% of adults in Conaway report food insecurity, above 95% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 59% of adults in Conaway have completed high school, in the bottom fraction 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 Virginia Department of 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.