Fine Creek Mills, VA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Fine Creek Mills

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

Fine Creek Mills leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Fine Creek Mills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fine Creek Mills, ~35% vote Democratic, ~70% Republican, and ~-5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fine Creek Mills compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Fine Creek Mills leans more Republican than 55 of 82 neighbors.

Fine Creek Mills runs about 40 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Fine Creek Mills is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

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

Fine Creek Mills votes against the grain of Virginia. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Fine Creek Mills runs about 40 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Fine Creek Mills are family households, above 75% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Fine Creek Mills, VA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Fine Creek Mills looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Fine Creek Mills is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 76%, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Fine Creek Mills own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. 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 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.