Whitetop is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Whitetop typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Whitetop, ~11% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Whitetop compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Whitetop leans more Republican than 46 of 66 neighbors.
Whitetop runs about 69 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Whitetop is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Whitetop 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 Whitetop, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Whitetop, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 17 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Whitetop sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 85% of cities). Whitetop runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Whitetop, VA sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Whitetop looks the way it does
Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 85% of adults in Whitetop have completed high school, below 78% of cities. 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 Virginia Department 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.