Peach Bottom leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.
About 44% of adults in Peach Bottom typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Peach Bottom, ~11% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Peach Bottom compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Peach Bottom leans more Republican than 3 of 71 neighbors.
Peach Bottom runs about 55 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Peach Bottom is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Peach Bottom. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+62) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+44), a spread of about 17 points.
Why Peach Bottom 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 Peach Bottom, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Peach Bottom votes against the grain of Virginia. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Peach Bottom runs about 55 points more Republican. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Peach Bottom sits in the bottom quarter (about 8%, below 95% of cities).
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Peach Bottom, VA does.
Why turnout in Peach Bottom looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Peach Bottom is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Peach Bottom report food insecurity, above 83% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Peach Bottom have completed high school, below 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Stevens Creek, VA R+62
- Fries, VA R+64
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- Union Level, VA R+32
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- Sybert, GA R+23
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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.