Tivis is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Tivis typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Tivis, ~11% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Tivis compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Tivis leans more Republican than 51 of 147 neighbors.
Tivis runs about 73 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Tivis is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Tivis 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 Tivis, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Tivis, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 18 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Tivis sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 76% of cities). Tivis runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Tivis, VA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Tivis looks the way it does
Turnout in Tivis sits close to the national pattern. 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.