Roseann is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Roseann typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Roseann, ~9% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Roseann compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Roseann leans more Republican than 80 of 150 neighbors.
Roseann runs about 76 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Roseann is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Roseann 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 Roseann, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Roseann, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 21 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Roseann runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Roseann, VA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Roseann looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Roseann sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Roseann have completed high school, below 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Kelsa, VA R+71
- Home Creek, VA R+68
- Harman, VA R+49
- Slate, VA R+70
- Big Rock, VA R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Columbus, MO R+60
- Masonville, IA R+43
- Grice, TX R+76
- Wampsville, NY R+30
- Koppel, PA R+28
- Denton, GA R+79
- Kit Carson, CA R+28
- Witmer, PA R+27
- Findley, MI R+49
- Gillett, AR R+53
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Virginia Department of 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.