Magnolia is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 57% of adults in Magnolia typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Magnolia, ~11% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Magnolia compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Magnolia leans more Republican than 30 of 72 neighbors.
Magnolia runs about 18 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Magnolia 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 Magnolia, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Magnolia, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Magnolia drive to work alone, above 81% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Magnolia, WV sits below the national average on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Magnolia looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 20% of adults in Magnolia report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Magnolia sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 85% of adults in Magnolia have completed high school, below 78% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Great Cacapon, WV R+59
- Largent, WV R+56
- Paw Paw, WV R+56
- Sleepy Creek, WV R+54
- Neals Run, WV R+61
- Berkeley Springs, WV R+55
- Green Ridge, MD R+67
- Little Orleans, MD R+66
- Unger, WV R+60
Cities with Similar Populations
- Young, WV R+62
- Grelton, OH R+61
- Johntown, TX R+76
- Gatzke, MN R+40
- Comet, VA R+23
- Rinn, CO D+7
- Half Acre, NY R+26
- Wittens Mills, VA R+65
- Columbia, SD R+59
- Buffalo Springs, VA R+39
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.