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

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

Bethel Welborn leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.

 

About 46% of adults in Bethel Welborn typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bethel Welborn, ~32% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~54% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Bethel Welborn compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Bethel Welborn leans more Democratic than 5 of 8 neighbors.

Bethel Welborn runs about 57 points more Democratic than Kansas as a whole. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Bethel Welborn is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Bethel Welborn. The south side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+59) and the north side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+24), a spread of about 36 points.

Why Bethel Welborn 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 Bethel Welborn, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Bethel Welborn votes against the grain of Kansas. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Bethel Welborn runs about 57 points more Democratic.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Bethel Welborn, 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 Bethel Welborn looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Bethel Welborn is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 50%, about 14 points below the Kansas average of 63%. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 80% of adults in Bethel Welborn have completed high school, below 85% of neighborhoods. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.