Slanesville is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 69% of adults in Slanesville typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Slanesville, ~14% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~31% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Slanesville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Slanesville leans more Republican than 27 of 69 neighbors.
Slanesville runs about 17 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Slanesville 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 Slanesville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Slanesville are family households, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Slanesville, WV sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Slanesville looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Slanesville 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 59%, below 59% of cities. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Slanesville own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Points, WV R+63
- Cold Stream, WV R+61
- Bloomery, WV R+60
- Neals Run, WV R+61
- Levels, WV R+64
- Paw Paw, WV R+56
- Three Churches, WV R+63
- Pleasantdale, WV R+66
- Loom, WV R+61
- Capon Bridge, WV R+59
Cities with Similar Populations
- Sagaponack, NY D+30
- Progress, NY R+36
- St. Mary, KY R+55
- Ramah, CO R+60
- Qulin, MO R+70
- Boulevard, CA R+27
- Buffalo Center, IA R+40
- Harrison, ID R+43
- Fayetteville, TX R+71
- Okolona, TN R+59
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.