Alden is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Alden typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Alden, ~12% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Alden compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Alden leans more Republican than 11 of 26 neighbors.
Alden runs about 46 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Alden 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 Alden, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Alden are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Alden sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 78% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Alden, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Alden looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Alden own their home, about 12 points above the Kansas average of 79%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sterling, KS R+51
- Raymond, KS R+61
- Chase, KS R+68
- Lyons, KS R+48
- Silica, KS R+67
- Nickerson, KS R+63
- Abbyville, KS R+61
- Plevna, KS R+64
- Mitchell, KS R+64
- Pollard, KS R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Bloomery, WV R+60
- Turkey Creek, AR R+65
- Bellaire, PA R+47
- East Andover, ME R+32
- Toms Creek, GA R+72
- North Lebanon, ME R+35
- Fishs Eddy, NY R+40
- North San Pedro, TX R+36
- Chazy Landing, NY R+16
- North Alfred, ME R+21
Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Kansas 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.