Minnehaha Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Minnehaha Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Minnehaha Springs, ~12% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Minnehaha Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Minnehaha Springs leans more Republican than 43 of 57 neighbors.
Minnehaha Springs runs about 18 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Minnehaha Springs 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 Minnehaha Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Minnehaha Springs live in densely developed areas, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 12%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Minnehaha Springs, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Minnehaha Springs looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Minnehaha Springs 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 47%, about 13 points below the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Huntersville, WV R+60
- Mountain Grove, VA R+56
- Buckeye, WV R+55
- Eastern, WV R+54
- Marlinton, WV R+55
- Seebert, WV R+51
- Campbelltown, WV R+56
- Bacova, VA R+46
- Brownsburg, WV R+50
- Bacova Junction, VA R+47
Cities with Similar Populations
- Campbell, AL R+68
- Zook, KS R+59
- Camelot, TN R+71
- Claysville, IN R+64
- Gowdy, IN R+62
- Raft River, ID R+74
- Quiggleville, PA R+61
- Pungoteague, VA R+17
- Fort Clark, ND R+65
- Strawberry, CA R+4
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.