Valley Furnace, WV Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Valley Furnace

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Valley Furnace is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.

 

About 83% of adults in Valley Furnace typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Valley Furnace, ~15% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~17% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Valley Furnace compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Valley Furnace leans more Republican than 116 of 146 neighbors.

Valley Furnace runs about 23 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.

Why Valley Furnace 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 Valley Furnace, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Valley Furnace, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 12 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Valley Furnace sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 87% of cities).

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Valley Furnace, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Valley Furnace looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Valley Furnace have completed high school, about 12 points above the West Virginia average of 86%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.