Sun is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Sun typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sun, ~8% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sun compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sun leans more Republican than 77 of 109 neighbors.
Sun runs about 77 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Sun is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Sun 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, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 10% of adults in Sun hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Sun is about 96%, well above similar-sized cities (around 81%). Sun runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Sun, VA 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 looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Sun is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 48%, about 16 points below the Virginia average of 64%. Renters vote less often than owners, and about 37% of households in Sun rent, above 92% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 71% of adults in Sun have completed high school, below 98% of cities. 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 Virginia Department 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.