Pounding Mill, VA Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Pounding Mill

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Pounding Mill is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.

 

About 79% of adults in Pounding Mill typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pounding Mill, ~15% vote Democratic, ~64% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Pounding Mill compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Pounding Mill leans more Republican than 26 of 122 neighbors.

Pounding Mill runs about 67 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Pounding Mill is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Pounding Mill. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+70) and the west side is the least Republican-leaning (R+55), a spread of about 15 points.

Why Pounding Mill 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 Pounding Mill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Pounding Mill votes against the grain of Virginia. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Pounding Mill runs about 67 points more Republican. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Pounding Mill drive to work alone, above 89% of cities.

Housing overcrowding and voter turnout

Places with low overcrowding tend to turn out at a higher rate; Pounding Mill, VA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Pounding Mill looks the way it does

Turnout in Pounding Mill sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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.