Omar is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 51% of adults in Omar typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Omar, ~8% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~49% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Omar compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Omar leans more Republican than 56 of 147 neighbors.
Omar runs about 28 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Omar. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+78) and the northwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+66), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Omar 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 Omar, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Omar, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Omar sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 86% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Omar are family households, above 81% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Omar, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Omar looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 68% of adults in Omar have completed high school, about 22 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Wilkinson, WV R+58
- Lyburn, WV R+67
- Pine Creek, WV R+66
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- Waldo, MN R+14
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- Ponsford, MN D+6
- Westfir, OR R+26
- Chapin, NY R+18
- Henderson, WV R+65
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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.