Pocahontas is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 38% of adults in Pocahontas typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pocahontas, ~8% vote Democratic, ~30% Republican, and ~62% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pocahontas compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pocahontas leans more Republican than 32 of 136 neighbors.
Pocahontas runs about 66 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Pocahontas is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Pocahontas 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 Pocahontas, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 4% of adults in Pocahontas hold a bachelor's degree, about 25 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Pocahontas runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Pocahontas, VA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Pocahontas looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Pocahontas is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Pocahontas sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Virginia Department of 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.