Morristown, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Morristown

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Morristown is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.

 

About 52% of adults in Morristown typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Morristown, ~10% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Morristown compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Morristown leans more Republican than 51 of 116 neighbors.

Morristown runs about 20 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

Why Morristown 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 Morristown, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Morristown, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Morristown drive to work alone, above 85% of cities.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Morristown, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Morristown looks the way it does

Turnout in Morristown sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.