Arcadia is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Arcadia typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Arcadia, ~14% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Arcadia compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Arcadia leans more Republican than 21 of 54 neighbors.
Arcadia runs about 42 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Arcadia. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+69) and the southwest side is the least Republican-leaning (R+53), a spread of about 16 points.
Why Arcadia 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 Arcadia, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Arcadia are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Arcadia, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Arcadia looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Arcadia have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Dry Wood, KS R+65
- Mulberry, KS R+49
- Pawnee Station, KS R+68
- Arma, KS R+45
- Bronaugh, MO R+70
- Liberal, MO R+67
- Farlington, KS R+62
- Franklin, KS R+47
Cities with Similar Populations
- Fleetville, PA R+24
- Daws, NY R+28
- Massena, IA R+59
- Congress, OH R+60
- Silver Lake, NJ D+31
- Vicey, VA R+69
- Polk, NE R+66
- Summerland, MS D+16
- Mount Vernon, KS R+64
- Clitherall, MN R+46
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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.