Pleasant View is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Pleasant View typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasant View, ~8% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasant View compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasant View leans more Republican than 84 of 94 neighbors.
Pleasant View runs about 29 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Pleasant View 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 Pleasant View, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Pleasant View, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 85% of residents in Pleasant View drive to work alone, above 82% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Pleasant View are family households, above 82% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Pleasant View, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Pleasant View looks the way it does
Renters vote less often than owners. About 59% of households in Pleasant View rent, about 34 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Pleasant View sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Pleasant View sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
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- Myra, WV R+63
- Midkiff, WV R+69
- Hamlin, WV R+57
- Salt Rock, WV R+62
- Hager, WV R+63
- Minerva, WV R+65
- Sias, WV R+65
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- Flowersville, FL R+63
- Alquina, IN R+64
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- Saxton, KY R+76
- Douglass Crossroads, FL R+54
- Anabel, MO R+70
- Overcup, AR R+61
- Kalae, HI D+16
- South Mound, KS R+66
- Green Pond, NJ R+22
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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.