Five Forks is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Five Forks typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Five Forks, ~10% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Five Forks compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Five Forks leans more Republican than 75 of 114 neighbors.
Five Forks runs about 26 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Five Forks 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 Five Forks, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 92% of residents in Five Forks drive to work alone, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Five Forks fits that profile on both counts.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Five Forks, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Five Forks looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 83% of adults in Five Forks have completed high school, about 7 points below the U.S. average of 90%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Five Forks report food insecurity, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Florence, MN R+55
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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.