Lake City is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 56% of adults in Lake City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lake City, ~6% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~44% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lake City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lake City leans more Republican than 16 of 17 neighbors.
Lake City runs about 61 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Lake City 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 Lake City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 76% of households in Lake City are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Lake City sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 94% of cities).
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Lake City, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Lake City looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 7% of homes in Lake City have more than one occupant per room, above 94% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sun City, KS R+78
- Medicine Lodge, KS R+63
- Coats, KS R+73
- Sawyer, KS R+71
- Isabel, KS R+77
- Croft, KS R+74
- Nashville, KS R+71
- Saratoga, KS R+48
- Sharon, KS R+77
- Hardtner, KS R+74
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zenoria, LA R+96
- Lick Creek, TN R+64
- Reager, KS R+84
- Nebo, WV R+58
- Pinon, NM R+79
- Carlile, WY R+81
- Knoxville, MS R+29
- Summit, PA R+55
- Holstein, MO R+58
- Munday, WV R+66
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.