Falls Mills, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Falls Mills

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

Falls Mills is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.

 

About 54% of adults in Falls Mills typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Falls Mills, ~9% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Falls Mills compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Falls Mills leans more Republican than 66 of 108 neighbors.

Falls Mills runs about 27 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Falls Mills, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Falls Mills sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 77% of cities).

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Falls Mills, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Falls Mills looks the way it does

Turnout in Falls Mills sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.