Lyburn is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Lyburn typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lyburn, ~8% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lyburn compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lyburn leans more Republican than 40 of 152 neighbors.
Lyburn runs about 25 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Lyburn. The north side is the most Republican-leaning (R+72) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+61), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Lyburn 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 Lyburn, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Lyburn, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Lyburn drive to work alone, above 82% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Lyburn, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Lyburn looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 80% of adults in Lyburn have completed high school, about 10 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Neibert, WV R+70
- Taplin, WV R+65
- Yolyn, WV R+72
- Chauncey, WV R+68
- Switzer, WV R+68
- Dabney, WV R+66
- Kistler, WV R+61
- Stollings, WV R+67
- Monaville, WV R+67
- Man, WV R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- West Franklin, PA R+66
- Liberty City, TX R+67
- Namur, WI R+28
- Hendricks, GA R+78
- Bernheimer, MO R+56
- Lanesboro, IA R+57
- Naftel, AL R+53
- Erdahl, MN R+39
- Oak Center, WI R+47
- Greenfield, OK R+68
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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.