Gove County is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 58% of adults in Gove County typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gove County, ~7% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~42% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gove County compares
Among counties within 50 miles, Gove County leans more Republican than 5 of 8 neighbors.
Gove County runs about 60 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by city within Gove County. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+82) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+70), a spread of about 12 points.
Why Gove County leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Gove County, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Gove County sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 94% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 8 points above the Kansas average of 85%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Gove County, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Gove County looks the way it does
Turnout in Gove County 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 Counties
- Sheridan County, KS R+79
- Trego County, KS R+67
- Logan County, KS R+67
- Graham County, KS R+65
- Lane County, KS R+78
- Thomas County, KS R+67
- Ness County, KS R+77
- Scott County, KS R+67
- Decatur County, KS R+65
- Ellis County, KS R+38
Counties with Similar Populations
- Morton County, KS R+74
- Aurora County, SD R+59
- Ness County, KS R+77
- Real County, TX R+64
- Logan County, KS R+67
- Decatur County, KS R+65
- Sherman County, TX R+69
- Collingsworth County, TX R+56
- Jackson County, SD R+9
- Trego County, KS R+67
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.