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

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

Dorothy is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.

 

About 54% of adults in Dorothy typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dorothy, ~8% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Dorothy compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Dorothy leans more Republican than 155 of 184 neighbors.

Dorothy runs about 29 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Dorothy sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Dorothy are family households, above 82% of cities.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Dorothy, 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 Dorothy looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Dorothy 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 38%, about 14 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 32% of adults in Dorothy report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 74% of adults in Dorothy have completed high school, below 96% 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.