Glen is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 41% of adults in Glen typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Glen, ~7% vote Democratic, ~34% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Glen compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Glen leans more Republican than 128 of 137 neighbors.
Glen runs about 25 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Glen. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+68) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+42), a spread of about 26 points.
Why Glen 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, 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, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Glen sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 94% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Glen are family households, above 87% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Glen, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Glen looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 24% of adults in Glen report food insecurity, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Glen sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Glen sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bomont, WV R+63
- Queen Shoals, WV R+63
- Quick, WV R+65
- Indore, WV R+66
- Corton, WV R+63
- Lizemores, WV R+66
- Bickmore, WV R+68
- Procious, WV R+62
- Sanderson, WV R+60
- Pond Gap, WV R+54
Cities with Similar Populations
- South Gifford, MO R+69
- East Lake Francis Shores, MN R+39
- Lamington, NJ R+13
- Swiftcurrent, MT D+39
- Stronach, MI R+32
- Lake City, MS R+30
- Whaley, TX R+61
- Hayfield, IA R+53
- Blair, KY R+73
- Pettus, AR R+12
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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.