Ikes Fork is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Ikes Fork typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ikes Fork, ~5% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ikes Fork compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ikes Fork leans more Republican than 153 of 159 neighbors.
Ikes Fork runs about 39 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Ikes Fork 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 Ikes Fork, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Ikes Fork, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the U.S. average of 28%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Ikes Fork, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Ikes Fork looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 77% of adults in Ikes Fork have completed high school, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Ikes Fork sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Ikes Fork report food insecurity, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Iaeger, WV R+79
- Hull, WV R+88
- Justice, WV R+75
- Gilbert Creek, WV R+76
- Isaban, WV R+80
- Wilmore, WV R+71
- Hensley, WV R+70
Cities with Similar Populations
- Middlebury, OH R+66
- Harris, RI R+16
- Corbett, NC R+17
- Eagle Lake Manor, WI R+38
- Rabornville, OK R+64
- Lounsberry, NY R+41
- Poskin, WI R+42
- Gay, NC R+38
- Cherokee, TX R+76
- Occupacia, VA D+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.