Osborns Store is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Osborns Store typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Osborns Store, ~9% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Osborns Store compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Osborns Store leans more Republican than 63 of 99 neighbors.
Osborns Store runs about 74 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Osborns Store is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Osborns Store 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 Osborns Store, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Osborns Store live in densely developed areas, about 23 points below the Virginia average of 26%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 91% of households in Osborns Store are family households, in the top fraction of cities. Osborns Store runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Osborns Store, VA 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 Osborns Store looks the way it does
Turnout in Osborns Store 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.
Nearby Cities
- Broadford, VA R+67
- Tannersville, VA R+68
- Liberty, VA R+65
- Cliffield, VA R+66
- Chatham Hill, VA R+66
- Pounding Mill, VA R+62
- North Holston, VA R+65
- Steeleburg, VA R+63
- Cove Creek, VA R+70
- Wardell, VA R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zetto, GA D+9
- Miner, MT Even
- Pepper, VA R+30
- Minor, VA R+15
- Glencliff, GA R+76
- Tussy, OK R+72
- Starkenburg, MO R+63
- Arvada, WY R+74
- Kinfolks Ridge, MO R+54
- Shallow Water, KS R+88
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Virginia Department of 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.