Ladysmith is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Ladysmith typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Ladysmith, ~10% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Ladysmith compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Ladysmith leans more Republican than 16 of 31 neighbors.
Ladysmith runs about 51 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Ladysmith 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 Ladysmith, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Ladysmith sits in the bottom quarter on density and more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 14 points above the Kansas average of 85%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Ladysmith are family households, above 85% of cities.
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Ladysmith, KS does.
Why turnout in Ladysmith looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 92% of households in Ladysmith own their home, about 13 points above the Kansas average of 79%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Ladysmith have completed high school, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Clay Center, KS R+50
- Wakefield, KS R+62
- Longford, KS R+68
- Idana, KS R+66
- Industry, KS R+69
- Oak Hill, KS R+70
- Morganville, KS R+66
- Green, KS R+65
- Manchester, KS R+70
- Upland, KS R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- Womack, LA R+82
- Mount Pleasant, KY R+54
- Armstrong, OK R+70
- Lantry, SD D+48
- Deans, TN R+69
- Dalbys, VA R+8
- Signal, OH R+48
- Willowton, WV R+67
- Shade, MO R+75
- Shady Bend, KS R+72
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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.