Harrison is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 44% of adults in Harrison typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Harrison, ~9% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Harrison compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Harrison leans more Republican than 12 of 112 neighbors.
Harrison runs about 16 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Harrison 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 Harrison, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Harrison, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Harrison sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 79% of cities).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Harrison, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Harrison looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Harrison sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 84% of adults in Harrison have completed high school, below 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Glendon, WV R+60
- O'Brion, WV R+58
- Widen, WV R+63
- Duck, WV R+60
- Cressmont, WV R+63
- Dille, WV R+60
- Strange Creek, WV R+59
- Spread, WV R+63
- Enoch, WV R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Spirit, WI R+41
- Dunn Center, ND R+76
- Speer, OK R+68
- Brock, NE R+54
- Caroline Center, NY D+23
- Moorland, IA R+52
- Homeland, FL R+61
- Whites, MS R+10
- Coosawatchie, SC D+20
- Copper City, MI R+25
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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.