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

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

Stephenson is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.

 

About 41% of adults in Stephenson typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stephenson, ~6% vote Democratic, ~35% Republican, and ~59% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Stephenson compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Stephenson leans more Republican than 120 of 161 neighbors.

Stephenson runs about 29 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

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

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Stephenson sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 6 points above the West Virginia average of 93%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 84% of households in Stephenson are family households, above 95% of cities.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Stephenson, WV sits in the bottom 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 Stephenson looks the way it does

Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 79% of adults in Stephenson have completed high school, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 90%. 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.