Bonner Springs, KS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Bonner Springs

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

Bonner Springs leans Republican by roughly 20 points: about 40% of voters vote Democratic and 60% Republican.

 

About 66% of adults in Bonner Springs typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Bonner Springs, ~26% vote Democratic, ~40% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Bonner Springs compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Bonner Springs leans more Republican than 41 of 76 neighbors.

Bonner Springs runs about 5 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Bonner Springs. The southwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+39) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+11), a spread of about 28 points.

Why Bonner 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 Bonner Springs, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Bonner Springs votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 49%, far above the Kansas average of 19%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Bonner Springs are family households, above 78% of cities.

Paved land cover and Democratic lean

Places with extensive paved surfaces tend to lean Democratic; Bonner Springs, KS sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Bonner Springs looks the way it does

Turnout in Bonner 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.

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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.