Gove is a Republican stronghold. About 9% of voters here vote Democratic and 91% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Gove typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gove, ~5% vote Democratic, ~51% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gove compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Gove leans more Republican than 8 of 11 neighbors.
Gove runs about 66 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Gove 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 Gove, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Gove sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 9 points above the Kansas average of 85%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Gove, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Gove looks the way it does
Turnout in Gove 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 Cities
- Gove City, KS R+82
- Shields, KS R+79
- Quinter, KS R+71
- Grainfield, KS R+82
- Park, KS R+83
- Collyer, KS R+80
- Utica, KS R+81
- Healy, KS R+77
- Grinnell, KS R+81
- Manning, KS R+86
Cities with Similar Populations
- Agar, SD R+68
- Sand Bay, WI D+63
- Saffordville, KS R+56
- Rosewood Heights, IL R+30
- Garland, MO R+65
- Rockyhock, NC R+51
- Hedge City, MO R+73
- Farlin, IA R+46
- Sorensens, CA D+36
- Hemlock, OH R+61
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.