Cross Junction leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 94% of adults in Cross Junction typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cross Junction, ~26% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~6% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Cross Junction compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Cross Junction leans more Republican than 28 of 74 neighbors.
Cross Junction runs about 50 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Cross Junction is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Cross Junction. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+51) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+40), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Cross Junction 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 Cross Junction, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Cross Junction votes against the grain of Virginia. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Cross Junction runs about 50 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Cross Junction are family households, above 79% of cities.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Cross Junction, VA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Cross Junction looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Cross Junction is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Cross Junction own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Cross Junction have completed high school, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Whitacre, VA R+50
- Gore, VA R+39
- Bloomery, WV R+60
- Capon Bridge, WV R+59
- Hayfield, VA R+41
- Cold Stream, WV R+61
- Unger, WV R+60
- Glengary, WV R+50
- Largent, WV R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Muniz, TX R+5
- Waterloo, SC R+54
- Eustace, TX R+78
- Toledo, WA R+41
- Sardis, MS D+28
- Victor, MT R+50
- Fairmount, IN R+52
- Loretto, TN R+67
- Cookville, TX R+71
- Auburn, NE R+39
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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.