Copley is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Copley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Copley, ~12% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Copley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Copley leans more Republican than 80 of 128 neighbors.
Copley runs about 24 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Copley 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 Copley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Copley, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Copley sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 84% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Copley, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Copley looks the way it does
Turnout in Copley sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Burnsville, WV R+60
- Sand Fork, WV D+12
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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.