Virginia Mills is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 86% of adults in Virginia Mills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Virginia Mills, ~18% vote Democratic, ~68% Republican, and ~14% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Virginia Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Virginia Mills leans more Republican than 103 of 115 neighbors.
Virginia Mills runs about 56 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Why Virginia Mills 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 Virginia Mills, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Virginia Mills, about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 11 points below the Pennsylvania average of 26%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Virginia Mills, PA sits below the national average on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Virginia Mills looks the way it does
Turnout in Virginia Mills sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. 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 Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau 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.