Gormania is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Gormania typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gormania, ~7% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gormania compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gormania leans more Republican than 85 of 93 neighbors.
Gormania runs about 35 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Gormania 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 Gormania, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 7% of adults in Gormania hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Gormania, WV sits in the bottom quarter 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 Gormania looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 81% of adults in Gormania have completed high school, about 9 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Shallmar, MD R+67
- Mountain Lake Park, MD R+51
- William, WV R+44
- Silver Lake, WV R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Union Level, VA R+32
- Cloverleaf Colony, SD R+53
- Fairview Heights, TN R+60
- Greer, WV R+59
- Harden City, OK R+70
- Kingstown, MD D+6
- Bluff, MS R+89
- Peach Bottom, VA R+49
- Sills, FL R+4
- Parkdale, MO R+40
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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.