Glade Farms is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 42% of adults in Glade Farms typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glade Farms, ~10% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~58% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glade Farms compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Glade Farms leans more Republican than 63 of 135 neighbors.
Glade Farms runs about 11 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Glade Farms. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+69) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+33), a spread of about 37 points.
Why Glade Farms 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 Glade Farms, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 79% of households in Glade Farms are family households, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Glade Farms, WV does.
Why turnout in Glade Farms looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Glade Farms is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Glade Farms report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 79% of adults in Glade Farms have completed high school, below 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bruceton Mills, WV R+45
- Gibbon Glade, PA R+57
- Clifton Mills, WV R+63
- Brandonville, WV R+61
- Markleysburg, PA R+58
- Cuzzart, WV R+65
- Flat Rock, PA R+55
- Friendsville, MD R+56
- Hoyes, MD R+61
- Farmington, PA R+50
Cities with Similar Populations
- Cheek, TX R+23
- Harris, AR R+36
- Casa, AR R+71
- Garland, OK R+73
- Locke, TN R+50
- Trade, AL R+83
- Tuntutuliak, AK D+18
- Whitaker, IN R+59
- Little Canada, NY R+39
- Shady Grove, OK R+47
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.