Fairway, KS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Fairway

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

Fairway leans heavily Democratic by roughly 34 points: about 67% of voters vote Democratic and 33% Republican.

 

About 95% of adults in Fairway typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Fairway, ~64% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~5% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Fairway compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Fairway leans more Democratic than 81 of 84 neighbors.

Fairway runs about 50 points more Democratic than Kansas as a whole. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Fairway is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Fairway. The northeast side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+40) and the southeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+18), a spread of about 22 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 84% of adults in Fairway hold a bachelor's degree, about 56 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Fairway sits in the top fifth on density (more than 99%, in the top fraction of cities). Fairway runs against the grain of Kansas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with strong routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Fairway, KS sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Fairway looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Fairway is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 79%, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 92% of households in Fairway own their home, compared to around 74% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and more than 99% of adults in Fairway have completed high school, in the top fraction of cities. 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.