Wren leans heavily Republican by roughly 46 points: about 27% of voters vote Democratic and 73% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Wren typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wren, ~17% vote Democratic, ~46% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wren compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wren leans more Republican than 58 of 69 neighbors.
Wren runs about 52 points more Republican than Virginia as a whole. Virginia leans Democratic overall, while Wren is one of the few Republican-leaning pockets.
Why Wren 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 Wren, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Wren live in densely developed areas, about 21 points below the Virginia average of 26%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Wren sits in the bottom quarter (about 12%, below 88% of cities). Wren runs against the grain of Virginia, a Republican-leaning pocket in a Democratic-leaning state.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Wren, VA does.
Why turnout in Wren looks the way it does
Turnout in Wren sits close to the national pattern. 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.