Pliny is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Pliny typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pliny, ~13% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pliny compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pliny leans more Republican than 49 of 100 neighbors.
Pliny runs about 18 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Pliny 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 Pliny, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Pliny, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 87% of residents in Pliny drive to work alone, above 88% of cities.
Renting and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pliny, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pliny looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 94% of households in Pliny own their home, about 13 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Buffalo, WV R+57
- Robertsburg, WV R+63
- Upland, WV R+60
- Fraziers Bottom, WV R+57
- Eleanor, WV R+54
- Ashton, WV R+62
- Red House, WV R+60
- Extra, WV R+62
- Apple Grove, WV R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Nonaburg, TN R+71
- Altair, TX R+63
- Cochesett, MA R+5
- Gavers, OH R+60
- Shell, WY R+76
- Siloam, AL D+36
- Munster, PA R+61
- Platner, CO R+70
- Vilas, CO R+69
- Lower Bank, NJ 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.