Selwyn, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Selwyn

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

Selwyn is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.

 

About 58% of adults in Selwyn typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Selwyn, ~6% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Selwyn compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Selwyn leans more Republican than 130 of 131 neighbors.

Selwyn runs about 39 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Selwyn, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 28 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 14 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Selwyn sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 83% of cities). A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 86% of households in Selwyn are family households, above 97% of cities.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Selwyn, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.

Why turnout in Selwyn looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Selwyn 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 40%, about 12 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 28% of adults in Selwyn report food insecurity, above 94% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Selwyn have completed high school, below 94% of cities. 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.