Kennan leans heavily Republican by roughly 44 points: about 28% of voters vote Democratic and 72% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Kennan typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kennan, ~18% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kennan compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kennan leans more Republican than 10 of 20 neighbors.
Kennan runs about 43 points more Republican than Wisconsin as a whole.
Why Kennan 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 Kennan, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with low college attainment vote Republican. About 9% of adults in Kennan hold a bachelor's degree, about 17 points below the Wisconsin average of 26%. Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Non-Hispanic white share in Kennan is about 95%, about 23 points above the U.S. average of 72%.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Kennan, WI sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Kennan looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Kennan own their home, about 12 points above the Wisconsin average of 80%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- Hawkins, WI R+41
- Catawba, WI R+44
- Ingram, WI R+41
- Glen Flora, WI R+41
- Prentice, WI R+46
- Phillips, WI R+35
- Ogema, WI R+45
- Westboro, WI R+49
- Tony, WI R+47
- Jump River, WI R+49
Cities with Similar Populations
- Millville, MN R+44
- Leedey, OK R+81
- Haynes Bluff, MS R+54
- Leino Park, MA Even
- South Moultrie, GA R+55
- Ewing, NE R+74
- Wegan, IN R+66
- Glynn, LA R+51
- Parkers Crossroads, TN R+63
- Seney, GA R+71
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Wisconsin Elections Commission, 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.