Stony Fork leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Stony Fork typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stony Fork, ~24% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stony Fork compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Stony Fork leans more Republican than 47 of 59 neighbors.
Stony Fork runs about 36 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Stony Fork 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 Stony Fork, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 90% of households in Stony Fork are family households, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Stony Fork, NC 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 Stony Fork looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Stony Fork have completed high school, about 7 points above the North Carolina average of 88%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Cruso, NC R+51
- Mills River, NC R+17
- Oak Forest, NC D+33
- Arden, NC D+15
- Newfound, NC R+36
- Biltmore Forest, NC D+11
Cities with Similar Populations
- St. Libory, IL R+57
- Fulton, IN R+60
- Graysville, GA R+47
- Littcarr, KY R+62
- Colome, SD R+71
- Elrod, NC R+13
- Gardens Corner, SC D+38
- McHenry, KY R+61
- Duke Center, PA R+59
- Laupahoehoe, HI D+15
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina State Board 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.