Webster is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 39% of adults in Webster typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Webster, ~7% vote Democratic, ~32% Republican, and ~61% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Webster compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Webster leans more Republican than 136 of 184 neighbors.
Webster runs about 21 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Webster 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 Webster, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Webster, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 6 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 88% of residents in Webster drive to work alone, above 89% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Webster are family households, above 81% of cities.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with low high-school-completion share tend to turn out at a lower rate; Webster, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Webster looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Webster 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 49%, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 60%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 21% of adults in Webster report food insecurity, above 82% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 77% of adults in Webster have completed high school, below 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Park View, WV R+60
- Simpson, WV R+62
- Pruntytown, WV R+59
- Lucretia, WV R+59
- Grafton, WV R+51
- Flemington, WV R+59
- Millertown, WV R+61
- Wendel, WV R+58
- Fetterman, WV R+53
- Arden, WV R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Malmo, NE R+55
- Makinen, MN R+6
- Tierra Amarilla, NM D+3
- Ramona, SD R+50
- Roaches, IL R+64
- Chautauqua, NY Even
- Parker, ID R+76
- Lillard, TX R+77
- Dante, SD R+46
- Qualls, OK R+39
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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.