Crickmer is a Republican stronghold. About 23% of voters here vote Democratic and 77% Republican.
About 42% of adults in Crickmer typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Crickmer, ~10% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Crickmer compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Crickmer leans more Republican than 43 of 140 neighbors.
Crickmer runs about 13 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Crickmer 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 Crickmer, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Crickmer, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Crickmer sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 86% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Crickmer are family households, above 92% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Crickmer, 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 Crickmer looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 75% of adults in Crickmer have completed high school, about 15 points below the U.S. average of 90%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 20% of adults in Crickmer report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Beelick Knob, WV R+58
- Meadow Bridge, WV R+57
- Layland, WV R+58
- Red Spring, WV R+55
- Landisburg, WV R+62
- Lilly Park, WV R+62
- Claypool, WV R+58
- Danese, WV R+56
- Meadow Creek, WV R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Downers, VT Even
- West Hamilton, KS R+74
- Dykesville, LA R+63
- Diamondtown, PA R+46
- Mont Ida, KS R+68
- Akaska, SD R+79
- Shingler, GA R+61
- Winter Haven, TX D+7
- Sugartree, MO R+69
- Syre, MN R+32
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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.