Ensign is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Ensign typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ensign, ~7% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ensign compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ensign leans more Republican than 12 of 13 neighbors.
Ensign runs about 61 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Ensign 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 Ensign, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Ensign are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Ensign sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 84% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Ensign, KS sits in the bottom 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 Ensign looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Ensign is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Haggard, KS R+76
- Montezuma, KS R+71
- South Dodge, KS R+43
- Cimarron, KS R+71
- Dodge City, KS R+20
- Wilroads Gardens, KS R+32
- Minneola, KS R+74
- Fowler, KS R+69
- Fort Dodge, KS R+27
- Missler, KS R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ozello, FL R+62
- Maxie, LA R+84
- Sunset Village, GA R+76
- Louviers, CO R+18
- Niles, OK R+69
- Rosalie, NE R+52
- Muir, PA R+65
- Edmundson Acres, CA Even
- McMullin, MO R+67
- Southwest Oswego, NY R+6
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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.