Baxter Springs is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Baxter Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Baxter Springs, ~16% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Baxter Springs compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Baxter Springs leans more Republican than 18 of 81 neighbors.
Baxter Springs runs about 36 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Baxter Springs. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+60) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+47), a spread of about 13 points.
Why Baxter Springs 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 Baxter Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 85% of residents in Baxter Springs drive to work alone, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 74%. Low college attainment predicts Republican voting, and Baxter Springs sits in the bottom quarter (about 12%, below 86% of cities).
Population density and Democratic lean
Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Baxter Springs, KS sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Baxter Springs looks the way it does
Turnout in Baxter Springs sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lowell, KS R+64
- Riverton, KS R+63
- Quapaw, OK R+62
- Picher, OK R+55
- Galena, KS R+55
- Lincolnville, OK R+61
- Treece, KS R+68
- Zincville, OK R+57
- Neutral, KS R+68
- Empire City, KS R+61
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mount Sterling, OH R+55
- Corunna, MI R+27
- Edwardsville, PA Even
- Norway, ME R+19
- Nowthen, MN R+40
- Danville, AL R+78
- Westmont, PA R+16
- Bosque Farms, NM R+12
- Okolona, MS D+31
- San Carlos, AZ D+39
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.