Kime is a Republican stronghold. About 14% of voters here vote Democratic and 86% Republican.
About 75% of adults in Kime typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kime, ~11% vote Democratic, ~65% Republican, and ~24% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kime compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kime leans more Republican than 33 of 46 neighbors.
Kime runs about 54 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Kime 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 Kime, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Kime, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Missouri average of 22%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Kime sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 89% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Kime, MO sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Kime looks the way it does
Turnout in Kime sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Holliday Landing, MO R+73
- Missionary Acres, MO R+72
- Greenville, MO R+71
- Wappapello, MO R+67
- Lowndes, MO R+69
- Williamsville, MO R+71
- Mc Gee, MO R+70
- Hendrickson, MO R+68
- Clubb, MO R+67
- Mingo, MO R+69
Cities with Similar Populations
- Ulm, WY R+71
- Union, CO R+68
- Vowells Mill, LA R+89
- Ela, NC R+58
- Hayward, SD R+59
- Harlan, KS R+78
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Missouri 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.