Sarah Ann is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Sarah Ann typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sarah Ann, ~8% vote Democratic, ~41% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sarah Ann compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sarah Ann leans more Republican than 43 of 151 neighbors.
Sarah Ann runs about 26 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Sarah Ann. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+78) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+67), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Sarah Ann 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 Sarah Ann, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 2% of adults in Sarah Ann hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Sarah Ann sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 92% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 86% of households in Sarah Ann are family households, above 97% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Sarah Ann, WV sits in the bottom quarter 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 Sarah Ann looks the way it does
Areas with high food insecurity turn out at lower rates. About 21% of adults in Sarah Ann report food insecurity, above 83% of cities. Limited routine healthcare access lines up with lower turnout, and Sarah Ann sits in the bottom quarter on routine-care measures. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 59% of adults in Sarah Ann have completed high school, in the bottom fraction of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Omar, WV R+69
- Chauncey, WV R+68
- Pie, WV R+75
- Switzer, WV R+68
- Whitman, WV R+62
- Monaville, WV R+67
- Taplin, WV R+65
- Varney, WV R+77
- Neibert, WV R+70
- Lyburn, WV R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Trevilians, VA R+26
- Urbank, MN R+43
- Wheelwright, MA R+12
- Wyatt, LA R+44
- Hood, VA R+34
- Horn Brook, PA R+59
- Tovey, IL R+57
- Sharon Center, OH R+33
- Huddle, VA R+71
- Lynn, WI R+41
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.