Rawl is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Rawl typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rawl, ~6% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~43% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rawl compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rawl leans more Republican than 122 of 138 neighbors.
Rawl runs about 36 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Rawl 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 Rawl, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Rawl, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Rawl, WV sits in the bottom tenth 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 Rawl looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Rawl 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 43%, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 30% of adults in Rawl report food insecurity, above 95% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 69% of adults in Rawl have completed high school, below 98% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Red Jacket, WV R+73
- Ragland, WV R+75
- South Williamson, KY R+62
- Forest Hills, KY R+67
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- Berryburg, WV R+62
- Hastings, OK R+73
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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.