Maness is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 28% of adults in Maness typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Maness, ~4% vote Democratic, ~24% Republican, and ~72% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Maness compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Maness leans more Republican than 27 of 113 neighbors.
Maness runs about 73 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Maness is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Maness 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 Maness, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Maness, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; fewer than 1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 29 points below the Virginia average of 29%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Maness are family households, above 85% of cities. Maness runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Maness, VA sits below the national average 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 Maness looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Maness is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Maness report food insecurity, above 83% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Maness sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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 Virginia Department of 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.