Argentine, Kansas City, KS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Argentine

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Argentine leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.

 

About 44% of adults in Argentine typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Argentine, ~26% vote Democratic, ~18% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Argentine compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Argentine leans more Democratic than 1 of 12 neighbors.

Argentine runs about 33 points more Democratic than Kansas as a whole. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Argentine is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Argentine. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+43) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+5), a spread of about 48 points.

Why Argentine leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Argentine, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Argentine votes against the grain of Kansas. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Argentine runs about 33 points more Democratic.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Argentine, Kansas City, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Argentine looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Argentine is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The uninsured rate here is about 20%, about 11 points above the Kansas average of 9%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 82% of adults in Argentine have completed high school, below 82% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.