Hillsboro leans heavily Republican by roughly 50 points: about 25% of voters vote Democratic and 75% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Hillsboro typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hillsboro, ~15% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hillsboro compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hillsboro leans more Republican than 12 of 61 neighbors.
Hillsboro runs about 8 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Hillsboro 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 Hillsboro, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Hillsboro live in densely developed areas, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 12%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Hillsboro, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Hillsboro 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. Hillsboro 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
- Lobelia, WV R+49
- Renicks Valley, WV R+55
- Mill Point, WV R+51
- Seebert, WV R+51
- Watoga, WV R+56
- Julia, WV R+61
- Buckeye, WV R+55
- Renick, WV R+63
- Oscar, WV R+64
- Falling Spring, WV R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ranchitos, NM R+14
- Wilson, MN R+21
- Wilkinsville, SC R+79
- Salisbury, IL R+38
- Redbird, OK R+59
- Tinkhamtown, MA R+10
- Bonaparte, IA R+55
- Proberta, CA R+39
- Princeton Station, MA R+14
- Brandsville, 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.