Point Pleasant is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Point Pleasant typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Point Pleasant, ~10% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Point Pleasant compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Point Pleasant leans more Republican than 48 of 98 neighbors.
Point Pleasant runs about 69 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Point Pleasant is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Point Pleasant 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 Point Pleasant, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Point Pleasant live in densely developed areas, about 22 points below the Virginia average of 26%. Point Pleasant runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Point Pleasant, VA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Point Pleasant looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Point Pleasant sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout, and about 4% of homes in Point Pleasant have more than one occupant per room, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Crandon, VA R+66
- Suiter, VA R+65
- Kindrick, VA R+64
- Kimberling, VA R+73
- Mechanicsburg, VA R+64
- Bland, VA R+69
- Fort Chiswell, VA R+55
- Holly Brook, VA R+74
- Porters Crossroads, VA R+55
- Max Meadows, VA R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Victory, VT R+19
- Vernon, KS R+61
- Ethel, VA R+38
- Spirit, WA R+42
- Dinsmore, CA R+16
- Rardin, IL R+55
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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.