Sugar Grove is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Sugar Grove typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sugar Grove, ~14% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sugar Grove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sugar Grove leans more Republican than 37 of 56 neighbors.
Sugar Grove runs about 20 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Sugar Grove 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 Sugar Grove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Sugar Grove live in densely developed areas, about 8 points below the West Virginia average of 12%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 75% of households in Sugar Grove are family households, above 77% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Sugar Grove, WV sits in the bottom tenth 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 Sugar Grove looks the way it does
Turnout in Sugar Grove sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Moyers, WV R+62
- Moatstown, WV R+60
- Propstburg, WV R+63
- Doe Hill, VA R+51
- Zigler, WV R+58
- Brandywine, WV R+63
- Blue Grass, VA R+44
- Entry, WV R+52
- Franklin, WV R+50
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bloomingvale, SC D+9
- Tiller, OR R+35
- Ingle, KY R+68
- Glenn, GA R+70
- West Burlington, NY R+43
- Taylortown, OH R+49
- Smithshire, IL R+46
- Lydia, SC D+24
- Franklin, AZ R+66
- Cordell, KY R+73
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.