Helvetia is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Helvetia typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Helvetia, ~9% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Helvetia compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Helvetia leans more Republican than 80 of 101 neighbors.
Helvetia runs about 25 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Helvetia 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 Helvetia, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 14% of adults in Helvetia hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the U.S. average of 28%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Helvetia, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Helvetia looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 22% of homes in Helvetia have more than one occupant per room, in the top fraction of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 82% of adults in Helvetia have completed high school, below 87% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Helvetia sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Selbyville, WV R+69
- Blue Rock, WV R+67
- Zion, WV R+69
- Hemlock, WV R+71
- Pickens, WV R+67
- Alton, WV R+70
- Gaines, WV R+68
- Cubana, WV R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Denali National Park, AK R+36
- Retrop, OK R+78
- Hamlet, IL R+37
- Renfroe, MS R+63
- Gray Mountain, AZ D+36
- Randall, NY R+45
- Ravanna, MO R+71
- Powell, WI D+19
- Don Luis, AZ D+6
- Romance, MO R+70
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.