Kensington, Kansas City, KS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Kensington

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Kensington leans heavily Democratic by roughly 36 points: about 68% of voters vote Democratic and 32% Republican.

 

About 34% of adults in Kensington typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kensington, ~23% vote Democratic, ~11% Republican, and ~66% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Kensington compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Kensington leans more Democratic than 2 of 11 neighbors.

Kensington runs about 52 points more Democratic than Kansas as a whole. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Kensington is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Kensington. The north side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+53) and the southwest side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+21), a spread of about 33 points.

Why Kensington leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Kensington, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Kensington votes against the grain of Kansas. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Kensington runs about 52 points more Democratic.

Preventive-care access and voter turnout

Places with limited routine preventive-care access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Kensington, Kansas City, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Dental visits do not drive turnout; the rate reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access, which line up with who votes.

Why turnout in Kensington looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Kensington is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 44%, about 20 points below the Kansas average of 63%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 32% of adults in Kensington report food insecurity, above 86% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Kensington sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.