Lykins, Kansas City, MO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Lykins

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Lykins leans heavily Democratic by roughly 40 points: about 70% of voters vote Democratic and 30% Republican.

 

About 33% of adults in Lykins typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Lykins, ~23% vote Democratic, ~10% Republican, and ~67% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Lykins compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Lykins leans more Democratic than 2 of 12 neighbors.

Lykins runs about 59 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Lykins is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Lykins. The southwest side is the most Democratic-leaning (D+59) and the northeast side is the least Democratic-leaning (D+30), a spread of about 29 points.

Why Lykins leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Lykins, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Lykins live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. A high never-married share predicts Democratic voting, and about 49% of adults in Lykins have never been married, above 80% of neighborhoods. Lykins runs against the grain of Missouri, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Lykins, Kansas City, MO sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Lykins looks the way it does

Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Lykins is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 37%, about 20 points below the Missouri average of 57%. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 46% of adults in Lykins report food insecurity, above 97% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Lykins sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.