Pleasure Valley is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 70% of adults in Pleasure Valley typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pleasure Valley, ~13% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~30% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pleasure Valley compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pleasure Valley leans more Republican than 51 of 129 neighbors.
Pleasure Valley runs about 20 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Pleasure Valley 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 Pleasure Valley, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Pleasure Valley live in densely developed areas, about 7 points below the West Virginia average of 12%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 88% of households in Pleasure Valley are family households, above 98% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Pleasure Valley, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally 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 Pleasure Valley looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Pleasure Valley own their home, about 9 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Pleasure Valley have completed high school, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Montrose, WV R+64
- Pleasant Run, WV R+60
- Moore, WV R+60
- Kerens, WV R+58
- Gilman, WV R+53
- Porterwood, WV R+62
- Kalamazoo, WV R+68
- St. George, WV R+59
- Belington, WV R+61
- Parsons, WV R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Barstow, TX R+31
- Footville, OH R+53
- Lebanon, KS R+74
- Swift Falls, MN R+39
- Galen, TN R+71
- Ledocio, KY R+73
- Little Lake, MI R+20
- Old Kane, IL R+64
- Stewartsville, KY R+67
- Lake Bonaparte, NY R+54
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.