Gray County is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Gray County typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Gray County, ~9% vote Democratic, ~58% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Gray County compares
Among counties within 50 miles, Gray County leans more Republican than 5 of 7 neighbors.
Gray County runs about 57 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by city within Gray County. The northwest side is the most Republican-leaning (R+81) and the south side is the least Republican-leaning (R+70), a spread of about 11 points.
Why Gray 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 Gray County, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 75% of households in Gray County are family households, about 9 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Gray County sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 8%, below 87% of counties).
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Gray County, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Gray County looks the way it does
Turnout in Gray 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
- Ford County, KS R+26
- Meade County, KS R+68
- Finney County, KS R+25
- Haskell County, KS R+66
- Hodgeman County, KS R+77
- Clark County, KS R+73
- Kearny County, KS R+71
- Grant County, KS R+59
- Lane County, KS R+78
- Seward County, KS R+27
Counties with Similar Populations
- Bent County, CO R+29
- Lincoln County, MN R+49
- Putnam County, IL R+28
- Audubon County, IA R+46
- Lincoln County, CO R+61
- Tripp County, SD R+58
- McCook County, SD R+54
- Cameron Parish, LA R+86
- Alfalfa County, OK R+76
- Dixon County, NE R+56
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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.