Maysville is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Maysville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Maysville, ~5% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Maysville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Maysville leans more Republican than 68 of 69 neighbors.
Maysville runs about 42 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Maysville 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 Maysville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Maysville, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 28%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Maysville are family households, above 86% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Maysville, WV sits below the national average 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 Maysville looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Maysville own their home, about 11 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kline Gap, WV R+84
- Arthur, WV R+82
- Lahmansville, WV R+79
- Scherr, WV R+76
- Cabins, WV R+81
- Town Hill, WV R+79
- Petersburg, WV R+65
- Jordan Run, WV R+78
- Walnut Bottom, WV R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Curtis, TX R+49
- Plum City, WI R+41
- Denaro, VA R+45
- Velda City, MO D+87
- Beach, ND R+69
- Hart, TX R+39
- Natural Bridge Station, VA R+59
- Lometa, TX R+53
- Rockford, IA R+41
- Brockport, PA R+48
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.