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

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

Formoso is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.

 

About 55% of adults in Formoso typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Formoso, ~7% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Formoso compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Formoso leans more Republican than 20 of 27 neighbors.

Formoso runs about 59 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.

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

Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Formoso sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 94% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 9 points above the Kansas average of 85%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Formoso are family households, above 80% of cities.

Population density and Republican lean

Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Formoso, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Formoso looks the way it does

Turnout in Formoso 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.