Sun Hill is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 54% of adults in Sun Hill typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sun Hill, ~5% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~46% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sun Hill compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sun Hill leans more Republican than 160 of 169 neighbors.
Sun Hill runs about 38 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Sun Hill 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 Sun Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Sun Hill, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the U.S. average of 28%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Sun Hill are family households, above 86% of cities.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Sun Hill, 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 Sun Hill looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 74% of adults in Sun Hill have completed high school, about 16 points below the U.S. average of 90%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 22% of adults in Sun Hill report food insecurity, above 86% of cities. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Sun Hill sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Clear Fork, WV R+74
- Simon, WV R+81
- Brenton, WV R+72
- Lynco, WV R+73
- Stoneville, WV R+73
- Hanover, WV R+80
- Coal Mountain, WV R+81
- Wyoming, WV R+68
- Windom, WV R+67
- Matheny, WV R+70
Cities with Similar Populations
- Adna, WA R+44
- Kyle, NC R+52
- McLeods Corner, MI R+39
- Mud Butte, SD R+82
- Naukati Bay, AK R+22
- Narrows Creek, PA R+32
- Sinclair, WV R+62
- Sinnamahoning, PA R+56
- Sitka, TN R+63
- Culver, KY R+65
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.