Jenkinjones is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 46% of adults in Jenkinjones typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Jenkinjones, ~9% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Jenkinjones compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Jenkinjones leans more Republican than 36 of 144 neighbors.
Jenkinjones runs about 21 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Jenkinjones 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 Jenkinjones, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Jenkinjones live in densely developed areas, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 12%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Jenkinjones sits in the bottom quarter (about 12%, below 87% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Jenkinjones, 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 Jenkinjones looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Jenkinjones 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 43%, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 30% of adults in Jenkinjones report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Jenkinjones sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Anawalt, WV R+58
- Pageton, WV R+53
- Boissevain, VA R+62
- Switchback, WV R+50
- Pocahontas, VA R+61
- Tiptop, VA R+71
- Thorpe, WV R+23
- Elkhorn, WV R+15
Cities with Similar Populations
- Farlington, KS R+62
- Bonita, TX R+76
- Lax, GA R+76
- Scottsburg, OR R+35
- Burdett, KS R+71
- La Paz Junction, IN R+56
- Highland Lake, NY R+6
- Macks Inn, ID R+48
- Pinetop, AZ D+23
- Kasoag, NY R+51
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.