Delbarton is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 48% of adults in Delbarton typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Delbarton, ~6% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Delbarton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Delbarton leans more Republican than 114 of 130 neighbors.
Delbarton runs about 35 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Delbarton 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 Delbarton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Delbarton, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Delbarton, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Delbarton looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Delbarton 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 48%, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 26% of adults in Delbarton report food insecurity, above 92% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Delbarton have completed high school, below 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Hampden, WV R+76
- Ragland, WV R+75
- Taylorville, WV R+75
- Scarlet, WV R+75
- Chattaroy, WV R+63
- Williamson, WV R+50
- Rawl, WV R+78
- Maher, WV R+72
- Borderland, WV R+77
- Lenore, WV R+74
Cities with Similar Populations
- Jefferson, SD R+52
- Dolan Springs, AZ R+42
- Rock Port, MO R+60
- Hardaway, AL D+35
- Lynnville, TN R+69
- Pennsboro, WV R+69
- Conklin, MI R+48
- Philadelphia, NY R+40
- Ramsey, IL R+66
- Gibraltar, MI R+20
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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.