Hopemont is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Hopemont typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Hopemont, ~10% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Hopemont compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Hopemont leans more Republican than 71 of 100 neighbors.
Hopemont runs about 23 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Hopemont 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 Hopemont, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Hopemont hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Hopemont, WV does.
Why turnout in Hopemont looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Hopemont is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 47%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 25% of adults in Hopemont report food insecurity, above 91% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 81% of adults in Hopemont have completed high school, below 89% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Oakland, MD R+46
- Mountain Lake Park, MD R+51
- Gortner, MD R+62
- Orr, WV R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
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- Fletchers Landing, ME R+25
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- Flat, MO R+57
- Howardstown, KY R+61
- Mappsburg, VA R+20
- Toddtown, AL R+4
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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.