Maybeury leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Maybeury typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Maybeury, ~16% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Maybeury compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Maybeury leans more Republican than 11 of 149 neighbors.
Maybeury runs about 7 points more Democratic than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Maybeury. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+63) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+15), a spread of about 48 points.
Why Maybeury 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 Maybeury, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 5% of adults in Maybeury hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Maybeury, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Maybeury looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Maybeury is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 42%, about 10 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 31% of adults in Maybeury report food insecurity, above 96% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Maybeury sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Switchback, WV R+50
- Elkhorn, WV R+15
- Ashland, WV R+3
- Bramwell, WV R+62
- Crumpler, WV Even
- Anawalt, WV R+58
- Pocahontas, VA R+61
- McComas, WV R+68
- Freeman, WV R+68
- Northfork, WV R+7
Cities with Similar Populations
- Abbot Village, ME R+45
- Alexandria, NH R+18
- Woodford, OK R+50
- Lynchville, ME R+11
- Arbon, ID R+74
- Chappell, KY R+78
- Charles, GA D+27
- Hasty, NC R+24
- Lawrenceville, AR R+43
- Lebanon, IA R+51
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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.