Queens is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Queens typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Queens, ~8% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Queens compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Queens leans more Republican than 121 of 122 neighbors.
Queens runs about 29 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Queens 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 Queens, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Queens are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Queens, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Queens 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. Queens sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 20% of adults in Queens report food insecurity, above 80% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Queens have completed high school, below 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Tallmansville, WV R+69
- Tenmile, WV R+70
- Sand Run, WV R+66
- Cubana, WV R+69
- Ivy, WV R+66
- Hemlock, WV R+71
- Alton, WV R+70
- Pumpkintown, WV R+66
- Adrian, WV R+69
- Lantz, WV R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mitchellsburg, KY R+64
- Scenic, SD R+64
- Wrights Corners, PA R+59
- Milligan, IN R+65
- Tempa, WV R+55
- Sharon, OH R+65
- Pittsville, PA R+54
- Woodleaf, CA R+11
- Postelle, AR D+4
- Cundiff, TX R+80
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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.