Glen Daniel is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Glen Daniel typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glen Daniel, ~11% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glen Daniel compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Glen Daniel leans more Republican than 112 of 158 neighbors.
Glen Daniel runs about 28 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Glen Daniel 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 Glen Daniel, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Glen Daniel, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Glen Daniel drive to work alone, above 89% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Glen Daniel are family households, above 78% of cities.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Glen Daniel, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Glen Daniel looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Glen Daniel own their home, about 11 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Fairdale, WV R+70
- Surveyor, WV R+68
- Midway, WV R+59
- Bolt, WV R+72
- Arnett, WV R+75
- Eccles, WV R+58
- Lester, WV R+68
- Clear Creek, WV R+76
- Dry Creek, WV R+76
- Glen Rogers, WV R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- Gallatin, TX R+66
- Oak City, NC D+5
- Blooming Grove, NY R+17
- Jelloway, OH R+63
- Horse Branch, KY R+69
- Burkeville, TX R+86
- Oneida Castle, NY R+33
- Strasburg, MO R+53
- Waterproof, LA D+56
- Cason, TX R+61
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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.