Falling Spring is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Falling Spring typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Falling Spring, ~13% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Falling Spring compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Falling Spring leans more Republican than 49 of 78 neighbors.
Falling Spring runs about 19 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Falling Spring. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+64) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+48), a spread of about 15 points.
Why Falling Spring 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 Falling Spring, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Falling Spring, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Falling Spring sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 95% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Falling Spring, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Falling Spring looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Falling Spring own their home, about 9 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Spring Creek, WV R+56
- Esty, WV R+63
- Julia, WV R+61
- Auto, WV R+62
- Renick, WV R+63
- Oscar, WV R+64
- Sunlight, WV R+61
- Williamsburg, WV R+59
- Renicks Valley, WV R+55
- Frankford, WV R+56
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zurich, KS R+76
- Double Bayou, TX R+53
- So-Hi, AZ R+52
- Watson, IA R+38
- Bullocktown, IN R+51
- Burr Oak, IA R+35
- Witting, TX R+72
- Hull, FL R+65
- St. Jacques, MI R+32
- Heizer, KS 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.