Mount Welcome is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Mount Welcome typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Welcome, ~11% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Welcome compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Welcome leans more Republican than 76 of 105 neighbors.
Mount Welcome runs about 22 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Mount Welcome 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 Mount Welcome, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Mount Welcome, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Mount Welcome, WV sits in the bottom tenth 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 Mount Welcome looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 20% of adults in Mount Welcome report food insecurity, above 81% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 85% of adults in Mount Welcome have completed high school, below 79% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Walton, WV R+64
- Amma, WV R+62
- Left Hand, WV R+61
- Clendenin, WV R+62
- Roxalana, WV R+61
- Countsville, WV R+62
- Gandeeville, WV R+65
- Looneyville, WV R+61
- Corton, WV R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Cocked Hat, DE R+38
- Lima Center, MI Even
- Walkersville, WV R+62
- Pansy, OH R+64
- Tigrett, TN R+69
- Gasburg, VA R+20
- Beaverville, IL R+50
- Lomax, IL R+48
- Wilson, LA R+11
- Dola, WV R+64
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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.