Red Jacket, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Red Jacket

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

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

 

About 49% of adults in Red Jacket typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Red Jacket, ~6% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Red Jacket compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Red Jacket leans more Republican than 82 of 142 neighbors.

Red Jacket runs about 31 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 8% of adults in Red Jacket hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.

Walkability and Republican lean

Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Red Jacket, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Red Jacket looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Red Jacket 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 28% of adults in Red Jacket report food insecurity, above 94% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Red Jacket sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. 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.