Four Mile is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Four Mile typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Four Mile, ~8% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Four Mile compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Four Mile leans more Republican than 113 of 132 neighbors.
Four Mile runs about 27 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Four Mile 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 Four Mile, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 3% of adults in Four Mile hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Four Mile sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 83% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Four Mile are family households, above 85% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Four Mile, WV sits in the bottom tenth 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 Four Mile looks the way it does
Turnout in Four Mile 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.
Nearby Cities
- Kingstown, WV R+70
- Knob Fork, WV R+67
- Hastings, WV R+68
- Endicott, WV R+66
- Reader, WV R+70
- Newdale, WV R+68
- Littleton, WV R+66
- Pine Grove, WV R+60
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lee Valley, TN R+74
- Scovel, IL R+56
- Horseshoe, AR R+40
- Empire City, KS R+61
- Enright, AR R+64
- Red Star, AR R+64
- Stratford, NC R+60
- Lovely, PA R+73
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.