Left Hand is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Left Hand typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Left Hand, ~11% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Left Hand compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Left Hand leans more Republican than 41 of 111 neighbors.
Left Hand runs about 19 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Left Hand 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 Left Hand, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Left Hand, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Left Hand, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Left Hand looks the way it does
Turnout in Left Hand sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Amma, WV R+62
- Looneyville, WV R+61
- Roxalana, WV R+61
- Newton, WV R+60
- Pigeon, WV R+61
- Mount Welcome, WV R+64
- Floe, WV R+63
- Wallback, WV R+61
- Clover, WV R+61
- Valley Fork, WV R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Belle Terre, NY R+4
- Linden, WI R+28
- Lerado, OH R+64
- Grays Chapel, NC R+63
- Weldona, CO R+68
- Lorine, AR R+63
- Cummington, MA D+36
- Stevenson, MD D+40
- Christmas Valley, OR R+66
- Wiley, MI R+27
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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.