Eccles is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 40% of adults in Eccles typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Eccles, ~8% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~61% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Eccles compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Eccles leans more Republican than 49 of 158 neighbors.
Eccles runs about 16 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Eccles 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 Eccles, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Eccles, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 28%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Eccles are family households, above 90% of cities.
Non-English at home and voter turnout
Places with a high non-English-at-home share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Eccles, WV sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Eccles looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 84% of adults in Eccles 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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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.