Paw Paw is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Paw Paw typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Paw Paw, ~15% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Paw Paw compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Paw Paw leans more Republican than 21 of 68 neighbors.
Paw Paw runs about 14 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Paw Paw 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 Paw Paw, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 11% of adults in Paw Paw hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Paved land cover and Democratic lean
Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Paw Paw, WV sits above the national average 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 Paw Paw looks the way it does
Turnout in Paw Paw 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
- Neals Run, WV R+61
- Largent, WV R+56
- Magnolia, WV R+60
- Levels, WV R+64
- Slanesville, WV R+59
- Points, WV R+63
- Great Cacapon, WV R+59
- Bloomery, WV R+60
- Oldtown, MD R+67
- Green Spring, WV R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mount Clare, WV R+57
- Creighton, PA R+16
- Pawnee City, NE R+58
- Cookson, OK R+48
- Donnelsville, OH R+48
- Clarksburg, OH R+59
- Whitney, ID R+77
- Schleswig, IA R+52
- Wellsburg, IA R+50
- Oakland, OK R+41
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.