Friars Hill is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Friars Hill typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Friars Hill, ~15% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Friars Hill compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Friars Hill leans more Republican than 26 of 84 neighbors.
Friars Hill runs about 14 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Friars Hill 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 Friars Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 81% of households in Friars Hill are family households, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Friars Hill, WV sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Friars Hill looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Friars Hill 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 60%, about 9 points above the West Virginia average of 52%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Friars Hill own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Friars Hill have completed high school, above 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Frankford, WV R+56
- Maxwelton, WV R+52
- Auto, WV R+62
- Spring Creek, WV R+56
- Richland, WV R+61
- Lewisburg, WV R+23
- Caldwell, WV R+38
- Teaberry, WV R+54
- Falling Spring, WV R+61
- Sunlight, WV R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Nine Times, SC R+70
- Verdunville, WV R+66
- Clodine, TX R+46
- Francis, WV R+57
- Miles Station, IL R+54
- Hartsville, IN R+60
- Pepperton, GA R+29
- Levasy, MO R+57
- Superior, PA R+42
- Vivian, OK R+64
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.