Edson is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 39% of adults in Edson typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Edson, ~3% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~61% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Edson compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Edson is the most Republican-leaning.
Edson runs about 68 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Edson 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 Edson, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Edson are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Edson sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 3%, below 90% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Edson, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Edson looks the way it does
Turnout in Edson 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
- Goodland, KS R+63
- Brewster, KS R+82
- Ruleton, KS R+82
- Brownville, KS R+83
- Levant, KS R+80
- Kanorado, KS R+81
- Bird City, KS R+76
- Wheeler, KS R+77
- Colby, KS R+63
- McDonald, KS R+78
Cities with Similar Populations
- Roberdo, NC R+26
- Monkton Boro, VT D+12
- Brinklow, MD D+17
- Oldtown, VA R+61
- West Florence, OH R+62
- Verdella, MO R+73
- Old Woollam, MO R+65
- Ellisville, WI R+50
- Winchester, WI R+24
- Eggleston, VA R+56
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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.