Flinderation is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Flinderation typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Flinderation, ~12% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Flinderation compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Flinderation leans more Republican than 40 of 165 neighbors.
Flinderation runs about 14 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Flinderation 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 Flinderation, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 92% of residents in Flinderation drive to work alone, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Flinderation are family households, above 89% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Flinderation, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Flinderation looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Flinderation 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 56%, below 72% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Marshville, WV R+60
- East Salem, WV R+59
- Lake Floyd, WV R+56
- Reynoldsville, WV R+62
- Sedalia, WV R+68
- Katy Lick, WV R+59
- Salem, WV R+59
- Wolf Summit, WV R+63
- Industrial, WV R+57
- Chiefton, WV R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Swiss Alp, TX R+71
- Superior, WY R+73
- Summer Hill, IL R+70
- Blundale, GA R+6
- Rocklake, ND R+39
- Warrior Ridge, PA R+58
- Pricetown, KY R+72
- Eaton, ME R+38
- Tilden, IN R+49
- South Lee, MA D+45
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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.