Taylorville is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 48% of adults in Taylorville typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Taylorville, ~6% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~52% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Taylorville compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Taylorville leans more Republican than 103 of 137 neighbors.
Taylorville runs about 34 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Taylorville 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 Taylorville, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Taylorville, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 7 points below the West Virginia average of 17%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Taylorville, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Taylorville looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Taylorville 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 46%, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 52%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 27% of adults in Taylorville report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 79% of adults in Taylorville have completed high school, below 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Ragland, WV R+75
- Rawl, WV R+78
- Red Jacket, WV R+73
- Varney, WV R+77
- Matewan, WV R+74
- Delbarton, WV R+77
- North Matewan, WV R+67
- Hampden, WV R+76
- McCarr, KY R+74
- Williamson, WV R+50
Cities with Similar Populations
- Jericho, WI R+50
- Clinchport, VA R+76
- Bethel, OK R+84
- Troxel, IL R+32
- Buckeye, KS R+69
- Taylors Valley, VA R+60
- Swan Valley, ID R+62
- Sangrey, MT D+72
- Bim, WV R+71
- Mount Braddock, PA R+43
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.