Cyclone, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Cyclone

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Cyclone is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.

 

About 46% of adults in Cyclone typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Cyclone, ~4% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Cyclone compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Cyclone leans more Republican than 162 of 167 neighbors.

Cyclone runs about 39 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

Why Cyclone 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 Cyclone, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Cyclone, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Cyclone sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 84% of cities).

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Cyclone, WV sits in the bottom quarter 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 Cyclone looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Cyclone 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 41%, about 11 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 31% of adults in Cyclone report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 58% of adults in Cyclone 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 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.