Rainelle is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Rainelle typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rainelle, ~10% vote Democratic, ~45% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rainelle compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rainelle leans more Republican than 101 of 126 neighbors.
Rainelle runs about 20 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Rainelle 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 Rainelle, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 12% of adults in Rainelle hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the U.S. average of 28%.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Rainelle, WV does.
Why turnout in Rainelle looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rainelle is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 46%, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 26% of adults in Rainelle report food insecurity, above 92% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 83% of adults in Rainelle have completed high school, below 85% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Charmco, WV R+68
- Spring Dale, WV R+57
- Rupert, WV R+54
- Orient Hill, WV R+67
- Hilton Village, WV R+62
- Vale, WV R+67
- Leslie, WV R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sublette, KS R+63
- Goodrich, TX R+55
- Hayneville, AL D+38
- Three Rivers, CA R+7
- Holstein, IA R+57
- Newburg, MD R+23
- Big Pine, CA R+12
- Moroni, UT R+66
- Bethesda, OH R+54
- Corinth, KY R+67
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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.