Claflin is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Claflin typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Claflin, ~9% vote Democratic, ~59% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Claflin compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Claflin leans more Republican than 26 of 30 neighbors.
Claflin runs about 58 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Claflin 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 Claflin, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Claflin sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 12 points above the Kansas average of 85%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Claflin, KS sits below the national average 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 Claflin looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Claflin have completed high school, about 6 points above the Kansas average of 93%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Odin, KS R+75
- Redwing, KS R+74
- Bushton, KS R+69
- Holyrood, KS R+67
- Beaver, KS R+75
- Ellinwood, KS R+60
- South Hoisington, KS R+62
- Hoisington, KS R+61
- Lorraine, KS R+68
Cities with Similar Populations
- Maxwelton, WV R+52
- Garza-Salinas II, TX R+2
- Ozan, AR R+34
- McCorkle, VA R+72
- Weaver, TX R+78
- Saratoga, IN R+61
- South Sodus, NY R+22
- Moreland, OH R+64
- Independence, CA R+18
- Jordan, MT R+87
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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.