Great Cacapon is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Great Cacapon typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Great Cacapon, ~12% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Great Cacapon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Great Cacapon leans more Republican than 25 of 68 neighbors.
Great Cacapon runs about 17 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Great Cacapon leans the way it does
Density, race composition, education, and family structure all sit close to their national averages in Great Cacapon. The lean here lands roughly where demographic data alone would predict.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Great Cacapon, 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 Great Cacapon looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 4% of homes in Great Cacapon have more than one occupant per room, above 85% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Great Cacapon have completed high school, below 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Magnolia, WV R+60
- Sleepy Creek, WV R+54
- Berkeley Springs, WV R+55
- Little Orleans, MD R+66
- Largent, WV R+56
- Green Ridge, MD R+67
- Paw Paw, WV R+56
- Unger, WV R+60
- Neals Run, WV R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- St. Joseph, LA D+17
- Drakes Branch, VA R+28
- Alma, KS R+47
- Van Buren, MO R+66
- Porter, ME R+34
- Poplar, WI R+21
- Bonanza, TX R+71
- Stratford, CA Even
- Mignon, AL R+31
- Bailey, MS R+58
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.