Hacker Valley, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Hacker Valley

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Hacker Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.

 

About 56% of adults in Hacker Valley typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hacker Valley, ~9% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Hacker Valley compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Hacker Valley leans more Republican than 58 of 93 neighbors.

Hacker Valley runs about 25 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

Why Hacker Valley 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 Hacker Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Hacker Valley, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 5 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Hacker Valley sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 96% of cities).

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Hacker Valley, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Hacker Valley looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Hacker Valley is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 41%, about 11 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 26% of adults in Hacker Valley report food insecurity, above 91% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 80% of adults in Hacker Valley have completed high school, below 91% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.