Sand Ridge is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 91% of adults in Sand Ridge typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sand Ridge, ~16% vote Democratic, ~75% Republican, and ~9% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sand Ridge compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sand Ridge leans more Republican than 62 of 116 neighbors.
Sand Ridge runs about 21 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Sand Ridge 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 Sand Ridge, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Sand Ridge hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Sand Ridge is about 95%, well above similar-sized cities (around 73%).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Sand Ridge, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Sand Ridge looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 93% of households in Sand Ridge own their home, about 11 points above the West Virginia average of 81%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Shock, WV R+60
- Millstone, WV R+63
- Orma, WV R+64
- Sycamore, WV R+62
- Stumptown, WV R+59
- Nicut, WV R+63
- Arnoldsburg, WV R+65
- Normantown, WV R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zion, IA R+50
- Newburg, MN R+30
- Spring Garden, AL R+82
- Stephan, SD R+58
- Labarre, LA D+50
- Kewa, WA D+13
- Grainola, OK R+71
- Lasleys Point, WI R+25
- Capulin, NM R+57
- Smiths Park, SD R+47
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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.