Spring Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 78% of adults in Spring Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Spring Creek, ~17% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Spring Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Spring Creek leans more Republican than 26 of 80 neighbors.
Spring Creek runs about 14 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Spring Creek. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+62) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+48), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Spring Creek 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 Spring Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Spring Creek, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Spring Creek sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 88% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Spring Creek, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Spring Creek looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Spring Creek 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 57%, below 67% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Falling Spring, WV R+61
- Auto, WV R+62
- Frankford, WV R+56
- Julia, WV R+61
- Friars Hill, WV R+56
- Esty, WV R+63
- Sunlight, WV R+61
- Williamsburg, WV R+59
- Maxwelton, WV R+52
- Renick, WV R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bern, KS R+69
- Locust Ridge, OH R+61
- Grafton, VT D+20
- Olney, OR R+20
- West Kennebunk, ME R+3
- Poling, IN R+67
- Long Point, IL R+61
- Gould City, MI R+39
- Donegal, MS D+67
- Longton, KS R+72
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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.