Woods Cross Roads leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Woods Cross Roads typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Woods Cross Roads, ~20% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Woods Cross Roads compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Woods Cross Roads leans more Republican than 82 of 87 neighbors.
Woods Cross Roads runs about 52 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Woods Cross Roads is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Woods Cross Roads 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 Woods Cross Roads, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Woods Cross Roads votes against the grain of Virginia. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Woods Cross Roads runs about 52 points more Republican. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Woods Cross Roads are family households, above 89% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Woods Cross Roads, VA sits below the national average 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 Woods Cross Roads looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Woods Cross Roads is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pampa, VA R+42
- Signpine, VA R+50
- Gloucester, VA R+38
- Harcum, VA R+40
- Gloucester Courthouse, VA R+30
- Cologne, VA R+38
- Nuttall, VA R+37
- Freeport, VA R+42
- Glenns, VA R+43
Cities with Similar Populations
- New Bethel, TN R+64
- Leola, SD R+69
- Lime Ridge, WI R+38
- Pickens, TX R+70
- Menno, PA R+73
- Gilman City, MO R+72
- Grand Detour, IL R+34
- Rader, MO R+71
- McHue, AR R+67
- Lake City, MO R+51
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.