Kipp is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 74% of adults in Kipp typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Kipp, ~14% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~26% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Kipp compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Kipp leans more Republican than 9 of 34 neighbors.
Kipp runs about 46 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Kipp 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 Kipp, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 89% of residents in Kipp drive to work alone, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 90% of households in Kipp are family households, in the top fraction of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Kipp, 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 Kipp looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Kipp is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 94% of households in Kipp own their home, about 19 points above the U.S. average of 75%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Kipp have completed high school, above 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Mentor, KS R+52
- New Cambria, KS R+53
- Salina, KS R+21
- Gypsum, KS R+68
- Solomon, KS R+53
- Holland, KS R+67
- Assaria, KS R+62
- Carlton, KS R+67
- Trenton, KS R+60
- Smolan, KS R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Verda, LA R+90
- Matheny, WV R+70
- Scotia, NE R+67
- Brush Ridge, OH R+59
- Clear Fork, WV R+74
- Knippa, TX R+51
- La Puebla, NM D+24
- Pennington Chapel, TN R+74
- Logan, KS R+74
- Chatawa, MS R+15
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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.