Herndon Heights is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 43% of adults in Herndon Heights typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Herndon Heights, ~7% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~57% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Herndon Heights compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Herndon Heights leans more Republican than 96 of 166 neighbors.
Herndon Heights runs about 27 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Herndon Heights 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 Herndon Heights, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Herndon Heights hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Herndon Heights drive to work alone, above 83% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Herndon Heights, WV sits in the bottom tenth 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 Herndon Heights 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. Herndon Heights sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Bud, WV R+68
- Covel, WV R+73
- Garwood, WV R+73
- Herndon, WV R+72
- Stephenson, WV R+71
- Corinne, WV R+68
- Itmann, WV R+70
- Crumpler, WV Even
- Mullens, WV R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Stroudsville, TN R+68
- Sargents, CO R+16
- Montezuma, IL R+67
- Oneida, AR Even
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.