Leawood leans heavily Republican by roughly 42 points: about 29% of voters vote Democratic and 71% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Leawood typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Leawood, ~23% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Leawood compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Leawood leans more Republican than 8 of 84 neighbors.
Leawood runs about 24 points more Republican than Missouri as a whole.
Why Leawood 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 Leawood, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 87% of households in Leawood are family households, about 20 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Dense places usually vote Democratic, but Leawood runs against that pattern.
Homeownership and voter turnout
Places with homeowner-heavy households tend to turn out at a higher rate; Leawood, MO sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Leawood looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 97% of households in Leawood own their home, about 19 points above the Missouri average of 78%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Leawood have completed high school, above 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Silver Creek, MO R+53
- Redings Mill, MO R+37
- Shoal Creek Drive, MO R+28
- Joplin, MO R+33
- Duquesne, MO R+39
- Duenweg, MO R+54
- Tipton Ford, MO R+64
- Loma Linda, MO R+54
- Spurgeon, MO R+63
- Saginaw, MO R+58
Cities with Similar Populations
- Avon, SD R+57
- Pittsburg, MI R+34
- Landfall, MN D+11
- South Montrose, PA R+48
- Gratz, PA R+66
- Caspian, MI R+28
- Theta, TN R+58
- Toney Creek, SC R+72
- Scotland, PA R+37
- Pelham, TN R+66
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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.