Meadow Bridge is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 50% of adults in Meadow Bridge typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Meadow Bridge, ~11% vote Democratic, ~39% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Meadow Bridge compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Meadow Bridge leans more Republican than 49 of 140 neighbors.
Meadow Bridge runs about 15 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Meadow Bridge 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 Meadow Bridge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Meadow Bridge, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Meadow Bridge sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 75% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Meadow Bridge, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally 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 Meadow Bridge looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 21% of adults in Meadow Bridge report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Meadow Bridge have completed high school, below 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Beelick Knob, WV R+58
- Claypool, WV R+58
- Meadow Creek, WV R+57
- Crickmer, WV R+55
- Lockbridge, WV R+56
- Red Spring, WV R+55
- Lilly Park, WV R+62
- Layland, WV R+58
- Spring Dale, WV R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bell City, LA R+84
- Baxter, KY R+68
- Middletown Springs, VT R+14
- Rheems, PA R+29
- Turners Station, KY R+57
- Sardis, TN R+77
- Craig, AK R+33
- Buffalo, IA R+26
- Surrency, GA R+50
- Selma, MO R+50
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.