Woodway is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 46% of adults in Woodway typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Woodway, ~10% vote Democratic, ~37% Republican, and ~53% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Woodway compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Woodway leans more Republican than 4 of 104 neighbors.
Woodway runs about 65 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Woodway is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Woodway 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 Woodway, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 4% of adults in Woodway hold a bachelor's degree, about 24 points below the Virginia average of 29%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Woodway are family households, above 77% of cities. Woodway runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine low high-school-completion share and a heavily developed built environment tend to turn out at a lower rate, as Woodway, VA does.
Why turnout in Woodway looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Woodway is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 27% of adults in Woodway report food insecurity, above 93% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 78% of adults in Woodway have completed high school, below 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Pennington Gap, VA R+58
- Blackwater, VA R+72
- Dryden, VA R+65
- Stone Creek, VA R+64
- Jonesville, VA R+64
- Ocoonita, VA R+63
- St. Charles, VA R+68
- Maness, VA R+67
- Shepherd Hill, VA R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Elmwood Place, OH D+7
- Sebastian, TX R+9
- Colstrip, MT R+52
- Vestaburg, MI R+51
- Mora, ID R+49
- Folly Beach, SC R+3
- Farley, IA R+39
- Hartford, GA R+33
- Sardis, GA R+22
- Presto, PA R+5
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.