Yellow Spring is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Yellow Spring typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Yellow Spring, ~12% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Yellow Spring compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Yellow Spring leans more Republican than 42 of 67 neighbors.
Yellow Spring runs about 20 points more Republican than West Virginia as a whole.
Why Yellow Spring 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 Yellow Spring, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Yellow Spring, about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 15 points below the U.S. average of 28%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Yellow Spring sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 86% of cities).
Preventive-care access and voter turnout
Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Yellow Spring, WV sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.
Why turnout in Yellow Spring looks the way it does
Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 86% of adults in Yellow Spring have completed high school, below 78% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Capon Springs, WV R+61
- High View, WV R+61
- Millbrook, WV R+63
- Loom, WV R+61
- Delray, WV R+69
- Capon Bridge, WV R+59
- Augusta, WV R+66
- Gore, VA R+39
- Pleasantdale, WV R+66
- Star Tannery, VA R+51
Cities with Similar Populations
- Port Costa, CA D+36
- Slonikers Mill, AR R+38
- Polk, MO R+69
- Bloomington, PA R+36
- Houghton Lake Heights, MI R+35
- Corbet, TX R+64
- Volney, IA R+40
- Dodge, WI R+27
- Rinehart, WV R+69
- Harlingen, NJ D+22
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from West Virginia Secretary of State, 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.