Copen is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Copen typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Copen, ~9% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Copen compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Copen leans more Republican than 59 of 118 neighbors.
Copen runs about 21 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Copen 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 Copen, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Copen, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 28%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Copen, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Copen looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 22% of adults in Copen report food insecurity, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Copen sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Exchange, WV R+63
- Burnsville, WV R+60
- Cutlips, WV R+62
- Stouts Mills, WV R+66
- Cedarville, WV R+65
- Lloydsville, WV R+57
- Heaters, WV R+56
- Sand Fork, WV D+12
- Flatwoods, WV R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Orange Springs, FL R+61
- Dundaff, PA R+21
- Belen, MS D+31
- View, TX R+71
- Pelham, MA D+56
- Plummer, IN R+61
- Seigler Springs, CA D+4
- Sawyer, MN Even
- Highland, TX R+76
- Starlight, PA R+40
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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.