Gilbert Creek, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Gilbert Creek

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

Gilbert Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 51% of adults in Gilbert Creek typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gilbert Creek, ~6% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Gilbert Creek compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Gilbert Creek leans more Republican than 142 of 167 neighbors.

Gilbert Creek runs about 34 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Gilbert Creek, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 89% of residents in Gilbert Creek drive to work alone, above 92% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Gilbert Creek are family households, above 92% of cities.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Gilbert Creek, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Gilbert Creek looks the way it does

High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Gilbert Creek sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Gilbert Creek sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 72% of adults in Gilbert Creek have completed high school, below 97% of cities. 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 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.