Sherando is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Sherando typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sherando, ~15% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sherando compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sherando leans more Republican than 76 of 83 neighbors.
Sherando runs about 62 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Sherando is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Sherando 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 Sherando, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Sherando live in densely developed areas, about 22 points below the Virginia average of 26%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Sherando are family households, above 85% of cities. Sherando runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Sherando, VA sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Sherando looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Sherando is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 70%, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 60%. 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 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.