Stouts Mills is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Stouts Mills typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stouts Mills, ~11% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stouts Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Stouts Mills leans more Republican than 83 of 126 neighbors.
Stouts Mills runs about 24 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Stouts Mills 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 Stouts Mills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Stouts Mills 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 85% of households in Stouts Mills are family households, above 97% of cities.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Stouts Mills, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Stouts Mills looks the way it does
Turnout in Stouts Mills sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sand Fork, WV D+12
- Burnsville, WV R+60
- Copen, WV R+63
- Linn, WV R+65
- Lockney, WV R+59
- Gem, WV R+60
- Copley, WV R+66
- Glenville, WV R+49
- Cedarville, WV R+65
- Orlando, WV R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alderpoint, CA D+23
- Taylor Landing, TX R+77
- Farrandsville, PA R+63
- Patton, AL R+85
- Uniontown, IN R+63
- Nevada Mills, IN R+49
- Nellis, WV R+68
- Verdella, MO R+73
- La Plant, SD D+49
- Edson, KS R+84
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.