Palestine is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Palestine typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Palestine, ~10% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Palestine compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Palestine leans more Republican than 103 of 122 neighbors.
Palestine runs about 26 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Palestine 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 Palestine, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Palestine are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Palestine sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 87% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Palestine, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Palestine looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 97% of households in Palestine own their home, about 15 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Two Run, WV R+69
- Leachtown, WV R+64
- Morristown, WV R+62
- Elizabeth, WV R+64
- Seaman, WV R+65
- Creston, WV R+66
- Windy, WV R+63
- Newark, WV R+65
- Reedy, WV R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Cambria, MI R+54
- New Berlin, TX R+66
- Prospect Harbor, ME R+21
- Orlando, KY R+73
- Stony Creek, NY R+38
- Sandyfield, NC D+8
- Munsonville, NH D+4
- Taylor Crossroads, TN R+71
- Mc Allister, MT R+51
- Moores Bridge, AL R+82
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.