Garfield Center is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Garfield Center typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Garfield Center, ~13% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Garfield Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Garfield Center leans more Republican than 10 of 28 neighbors.
Garfield Center runs about 50 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Garfield Center 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 Garfield Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Garfield Center sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 10 points above the Kansas average of 85%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Garfield Center, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Garfield Center looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Garfield Center own their home, about 16 points above the Kansas average of 79%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Morganville, KS R+66
- Green, KS R+65
- Palmer, KS R+73
- Clay Center, KS R+50
- Clifton, KS R+73
- Vining, KS R+73
- Kimeo, KS R+69
- Linn, KS R+73
- Idana, KS R+66
- St. Joseph, KS R+74
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zoar, IN R+57
- Zenia, CA R+21
- Wrights, PA R+61
- Elmira, OH R+61
- Rumbley, MD R+37
- Kizer, AR R+47
- Elkdale, PA R+42
- Rowleys Bay, WI D+14
- Wahweap, AZ R+33
- Crystal Falls, TX R+76
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.