Raysal, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Raysal

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

Raysal is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.

 

About 55% of adults in Raysal typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Raysal, ~7% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Raysal compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Raysal leans more Republican than 132 of 154 neighbors.

Raysal runs about 33 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Raysal, about 94% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 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; Raysal, 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 Raysal looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Raysal 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%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 35% of households in Raysal rent, above 91% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 62% of adults in Raysal have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. 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 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.