Lansing is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Lansing typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lansing, ~14% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lansing compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lansing leans more Republican than 89 of 153 neighbors.
Lansing runs about 17 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Lansing 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 Lansing, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Lansing, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 97% of residents in Lansing drive to work alone, in the top fraction of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Lansing, WV sits below the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Lansing looks the way it does
Turnout in Lansing sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Winona, WV R+62
- Beckwith, WV R+42
- Dempsey, WV R+49
- Hico, WV R+61
- Lookout, WV R+60
Cities with Similar Populations
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- Lincoln, UT R+53
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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.