Wilbar is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 72% of adults in Wilbar typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wilbar, ~12% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wilbar compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wilbar leans more Republican than 48 of 55 neighbors.
Wilbar runs about 64 points more Republican than North Carolina as a whole.
Why Wilbar 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 Wilbar, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Wilbar, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the North Carolina average of 27%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Wilbar, NC 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 Wilbar looks the way it does
Turnout in Wilbar sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Idlewild, NC R+54
- North Wilkesboro, NC R+49
- Hays, NC R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zion, PA R+38
- Slabtown, OH R+65
- Good Hope, MS R+85
- Spring Grove, KY R+64
- Leslie, ID R+64
- Walthall, MS R+73
- Wilmot, MI R+52
- Marshallberg, NC R+48
- Carnes, MS R+71
- Greenstreet, MO R+63
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from North Carolina State Board 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.