Lorado is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 45% of adults in Lorado typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lorado, ~6% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lorado compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lorado leans more Republican than 108 of 158 neighbors.
Lorado runs about 31 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Lorado 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 Lorado, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Lorado, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 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%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Lorado sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 91% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Lorado are family households, above 77% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Lorado, WV sits in the bottom quarter 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 Lorado looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 24% of adults in Lorado report food insecurity, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 16%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Lorado sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Lorado have completed high school, below 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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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.