Wittens Mills is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Wittens Mills typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wittens Mills, ~13% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wittens Mills compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wittens Mills leans more Republican than 59 of 130 neighbors.
Wittens Mills runs about 71 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Wittens Mills is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Wittens Mills. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+73) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+53), a spread of about 20 points.
Why Wittens 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 Wittens 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 Wittens Mills, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 16 points below the Virginia average of 29%. Wittens Mills runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Never-married share and voter turnout
Places with a low never-married share tend to turn out at a higher rate; Wittens Mills, VA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Wittens Mills looks the way it does
Turnout in Wittens 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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- Bishop, VA R+71
- Springville, VA R+57
- Tazewell, VA R+54
- Pisgah, VA R+63
- Cove Creek, VA R+70
- Sayersville, VA R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Gatzke, MN R+40
- Algiers, IN R+59
- Thackeray, IL R+71
- Half Acre, NY R+26
- Columbia, SD R+59
- Rinn, CO D+7
- Neuse Forest, NC R+30
- Dexter, IN R+52
- Helena, WI Even
- Wallace, KS R+85
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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.