Danese is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 43% of adults in Danese typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Danese, ~9% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Danese compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Danese leans more Republican than 51 of 150 neighbors.
Danese runs about 14 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Danese. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+62) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+51), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Danese 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 Danese, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Danese hold a bachelor's degree, about 7 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Danese sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 78% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Danese are family households, above 88% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Danese, 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 Danese looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 84% of adults in Danese have completed high school, about 6 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Layland, WV R+58
- Red Spring, WV R+55
- Prince, WV R+60
- Crickmer, WV R+55
- Bragg, WV R+64
- Meadow Creek, WV R+57
- Landisburg, WV R+62
- Meadow Bridge, WV R+57
- Beelick Knob, WV R+58
Cities with Similar Populations
- Allenhurst, NJ R+29
- Cornish, NH D+3
- Vallonia, IN R+66
- Tennyville, MA R+16
- Jefferson, NY R+27
- McNary, AZ D+40
- Erick, OK R+69
- Robeline, LA R+76
- Kendall, WI R+37
- Warsaw, TX R+65
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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.