Julia is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Julia typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Julia, ~13% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Julia compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Julia leans more Republican than 50 of 74 neighbors.
Julia runs about 19 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Julia. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+64) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+48), a spread of about 15 points.
Why Julia 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 Julia, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Julia, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Julia sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 95% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Julia, 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 Julia looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Julia own their home, about 10 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Falling Spring, WV R+61
- Renicks Valley, WV R+55
- Spring Creek, WV R+56
- Esty, WV R+63
- Renick, WV R+63
- Oscar, WV R+64
- Hillsboro, WV R+49
- Auto, WV R+62
- Lobelia, WV R+49
- Sunlight, WV R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alzada, MT R+80
- Chestnutridge, MO R+59
- Keller, IN R+43
- Keota, CO R+73
- Drummond, ID R+67
- Wynnburg, TN R+72
- Duncanville, VA R+73
- Pogue, PA R+74
- Calder, ID R+41
- Holland, IL R+67
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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.