Pine Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 37% of adults in Pine Creek typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pine Creek, ~6% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~63% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pine Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pine Creek leans more Republican than 29 of 139 neighbors.
Pine Creek runs about 25 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Pine Creek 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 Pine Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 91% of residents in Pine Creek drive to work alone, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Pine Creek sits in the bottom quarter (about 12%, below 89% of cities).
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Pine Creek, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Pine Creek looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pine Creek is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 41%, about 11 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 25% of adults in Pine Creek report food insecurity, above 91% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Pine Creek sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Holden, WV R+66
- Whitman, WV R+62
- Verdunville, WV R+66
- Scarlet, WV R+75
- Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV R+59
- Mount Gay, WV R+62
- Hampden, WV R+76
- Wilkinson, WV R+58
- Monaville, WV R+67
- Omar, WV R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Brushy, OK R+56
- Northview, MO R+67
- Kingston Mines, IL R+46
- Mallie, KY R+62
- Reese, GA R+48
- Remington, OH D+5
- LaFayette, TX R+67
- Maitland, MO R+66
- Kelvin, ND D+13
- Buffalo Ridge, SD R+51
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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.