Shacklefords leans heavily Republican by roughly 34 points: about 33% of voters vote Democratic and 67% Republican.
About 77% of adults in Shacklefords typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shacklefords, ~25% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shacklefords compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shacklefords leans more Republican than 63 of 100 neighbors.
Shacklefords runs about 40 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Shacklefords is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Shacklefords 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 Shacklefords, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Shacklefords live in densely developed areas, about 21 points below the Virginia average of 26%. Shacklefords runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Shacklefords, VA 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 Shacklefords looks the way it does
Turnout in Shacklefords sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Plum Point, VA R+34
- Glenns, VA R+43
- Port Richmond, VA R+34
- West Point, VA R+30
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- Petersburg, IA R+53
- Fellows, CA R+80
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- Swainton, NJ R+26
- Rabbit Hill, GA R+40
- Pumpkintown, TN R+71
- Wishram, WA R+39
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- Lockbridge, WV R+56
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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.