Rock View is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Rock View typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rock View, ~9% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rock View compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rock View leans more Republican than 64 of 172 neighbors.
Rock View runs about 27 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Rock View 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 Rock View, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 5% of adults in Rock View hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 96% of residents in Rock View drive to work alone, in the top fraction of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Rock View are family households, above 89% of cities.
High-school completion, uninsured rate, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a high uninsured rate tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Rock View, WV does.
Why turnout in Rock View looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 72% of adults in Rock View have completed high school, about 18 points below the U.S. average of 90%. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Rock View sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 23% of adults in Rock View report food insecurity, above 87% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Windom, WV R+67
- Pineville, WV R+69
- Jesse, WV R+69
- Saulsville, WV R+76
- Wyoming, WV R+68
- Matheny, WV R+70
- New Richmond, WV R+68
- Glen Fork, WV R+72
- Brenton, WV R+72
- Mc Graws, WV R+77
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sod, WV R+63
- South Wilmington, IL R+39
- Sunshine, NM R+27
- Sunshine, LA D+14
- Glenmore, WV R+50
- Penasco, NM D+20
- Evant, TX R+75
- Copeland, KS R+76
- Vera Cruz, IN R+70
- Elm Park, LA R+62
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.