Jerrys Run is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 87% of adults in Jerrys Run typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Jerrys Run, ~17% vote Democratic, ~70% Republican, and ~13% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Jerrys Run compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Jerrys Run leans more Republican than 63 of 101 neighbors.
Jerrys Run runs about 20 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Jerrys Run 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 Jerrys Run, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Jerrys Run, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Jerrys Run drive to work alone, above 85% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 89% of households in Jerrys Run are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Jerrys Run, 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 Jerrys Run looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Jerrys Run is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 61%, about 9 points above the West Virginia average of 52%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 93% of households in Jerrys Run own their home, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Jerrys Run have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Belleville, WV R+61
- Pond Creek, WV R+62
- Saulsbury, WV R+60
- Rockport, WV R+62
- Hockingport, OH R+50
- Washington, WV R+51
- Neptune, WV R+66
- Pettyville, WV R+50
- Mineralwells, WV R+54
Cities with Similar Populations
- Wilson Point, LA R+78
- New Chicago, MT R+53
- Nelsonville, TX R+66
- Kneeland, CA D+37
- Echo, NC R+18
- Keomah Village, IA R+53
- New Glasgow, VA R+38
- Kent, IA R+52
- Myrtle, ID R+34
- Sulphur Springs, AL 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.