Haysi is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 65% of adults in Haysi typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Haysi, ~11% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Haysi compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Haysi leans more Republican than 38 of 145 neighbors.
Haysi runs about 72 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Haysi is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Haysi 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 Haysi, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Haysi hold a bachelor's degree, about 21 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 89% of residents in Haysi drive to work alone, above 92% of cities. Haysi runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Housing overcrowding and voter turnout
Places with low overcrowding tend to turn out at a higher rate; Haysi, VA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Haysi looks the way it does
Turnout in Haysi sits close to the national pattern. 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.