Pineville is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Pineville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pineville, ~8% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pineville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pineville leans more Republican than 71 of 165 neighbors.
Pineville runs about 27 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Pineville 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 Pineville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 95% of residents in Pineville drive to work alone, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high white share with below-average college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Pineville fits that profile on both counts. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 83% of households in Pineville are family households, above 95% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Pineville, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pineville looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 78% of adults in Pineville have completed high school, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Pineville sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Pineville report food insecurity, above 86% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- New Richmond, WV R+68
- Rock View, WV R+68
- Windom, WV R+67
- Wyoming, WV R+68
- Saulsville, WV R+76
- Brenton, WV R+72
- Jesse, WV R+69
- Itmann, WV R+70
- Matheny, WV R+70
- Mc Graws, WV R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- Eagleville, PA D+43
- Shipman, VA R+29
- Ellendale, ND R+50
- Senecaville, OH R+62
- Tula, MS R+4
- Hurlburt Field, FL R+44
- Pease, MN R+57
- Unionville, IN R+21
- Haydenville, MA D+49
- Gates, TN R+32
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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.