Harborton leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.
About more than 99% of adults in Harborton typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Harborton, ~43% vote Democratic, ~65% Republican, and ~-8% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Harborton compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Harborton leans more Republican than 36 of 58 neighbors.
Harborton runs about 27 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Harborton is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Harborton 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 Harborton, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Harborton votes against the grain of Virginia. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Harborton runs about 27 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Harborton are family households, above 80% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Harborton, VA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Harborton looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Harborton have completed high school, about 10 points above the Virginia average of 89%. 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 Virginia Department of 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.