Great Bend leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Great Bend typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Great Bend, ~19% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Great Bend compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Great Bend is the least Republican-leaning.
Great Bend runs about 24 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Great Bend. The northeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+54) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+20), a spread of about 34 points.
Why Great Bend 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 Great Bend, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Great Bend votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 67%, far above the Kansas average of 19%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Great Bend, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Great Bend looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Great Bend is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Dundee, KS R+67
- Heizer, KS R+65
- Hoisington, KS R+61
- Ellinwood, KS R+60
- Seward, KS R+74
- South Hoisington, KS R+62
- Redwing, KS R+74
- Olmitz, KS R+68
- Pawnee Rock, KS R+63
- Albert, KS R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Weehawken, NJ D+36
- Cairo, GA R+15
- Carnegie, PA D+7
- Oak Grove, OR D+37
- Easthampton, MA D+36
- North Providence, RI D+14
- Addison, TX D+24
- Amesbury Town, MA D+22
- Clayton, MO D+60
- Mitchell, SD R+40
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.