Upper Tract is a Republican stronghold. About 20% of voters here vote Democratic and 80% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Upper Tract typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Upper Tract, ~12% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Upper Tract compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Upper Tract leans more Republican than 11 of 59 neighbors.
Upper Tract runs about 19 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Upper Tract 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 Upper Tract, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Upper Tract, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Upper Tract sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 86% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Upper Tract, WV sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Upper Tract looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Upper Tract is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 55%, below 74% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Kline, WV R+60
- Landes, WV R+71
- Mozer, WV R+63
- Deer Run, WV R+62
- Seneca Rocks, WV R+72
- Ruddle, WV R+62
- Macksville, WV R+72
- Teterton, WV R+72
- Fort Seybert, WV R+63
- Pansy, WV R+80
Cities with Similar Populations
- Holy Cross, WI R+36
- Torrey, UT R+59
- Kendrick, MS R+80
- Terhune, IN R+59
- Coosa Pines, AL R+58
- Stormont, VA R+30
- Letcher, AL R+80
- Moon, VA R+43
- Rector, PA R+45
- Morse, CA D+16
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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.