Werner is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 46% of adults in Werner typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Werner, ~8% vote Democratic, ~38% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Werner compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Werner leans more Republican than 114 of 151 neighbors.
Werner runs about 24 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Werner 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 Werner, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Werner, 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 7 points below the West Virginia average of 17%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 79% of households in Werner are family households, above 88% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Werner, WV sits in the bottom quarter 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 Werner looks the way it does
High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, mostly because the housing stress common in those areas makes voting harder. Werner sits in the top 15% nationally on a violent-crime measure. See CrimeGrade for more details. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 86% of adults in Werner have completed high school, below 76% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Meadowville, WV R+62
- Talbott, WV R+65
- Audra, WV R+64
- Belington, WV R+61
- Dartmoor, WV R+64
- Junior, WV R+64
- Swamp Run, WV R+64
- Mount Liberty, WV R+65
- Corley, WV R+68
- Weaver, WV R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Lasca, AL R+13
- Republic, KS R+78
- Granville, VT D+16
- Waldrop, VA R+30
- Smithville, WV R+69
- Monmouth, KS R+60
- Goldbond, VA R+54
- Darlington, OH R+60
- Pine Ridge, AR R+66
- Hanksville, UT R+59
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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.