Lane is a Republican stronghold. About 21% of voters here vote Democratic and 79% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Lane typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lane, ~13% vote Democratic, ~50% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Lane compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Lane leans more Republican than 22 of 38 neighbors.
Lane runs about 41 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Lane 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 Lane, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Lane, about 96% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 24 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 10 points below the Kansas average of 27%. Car-dependent areas vote Republican, and about 86% of residents in Lane drive to work alone, above 83% of cities. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 77% of households in Lane are family households, above 82% of cities.
Never-married share, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine a low never-married share and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Lane, KS does.
Why turnout in Lane looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 99% of adults in Lane have completed high school, about 6 points above the Kansas average of 93%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Greeley, KS R+62
- Osawatomie, KS R+39
- Rantoul, KS R+56
- Richmond, KS R+57
- Scipio, KS R+62
- Parker, KS R+64
- Stanton, KS R+50
- Princeton, KS R+55
- Fontana, KS R+52
Cities with Similar Populations
- New Vineyard, ME R+38
- Bryantsville, IN R+61
- Emden, IL R+57
- Volente, TX R+16
- Stella Niagara, NY R+15
- Palo Pinto, TX R+74
- North Pembroke, NH Even
- Plymouth, NY R+48
- Spring Run, PA R+74
- Ludlow, MS R+29
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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.