Dugspur is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Dugspur typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Dugspur, ~11% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Dugspur compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Dugspur leans more Republican than 35 of 64 neighbors.
Dugspur runs about 67 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Dugspur is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Dugspur 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 Dugspur, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dugspur votes against the grain of Virginia. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Dugspur runs about 67 points more Republican. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 87% of residents in Dugspur drive to work alone, above 88% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Dugspur, VA sits below the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Dugspur looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 82% of adults in Dugspur have completed high school, about 7 points below the U.S. average of 90%. 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 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.