Mayfield is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Mayfield typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mayfield, ~10% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~36% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mayfield compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mayfield leans more Republican than 30 of 31 neighbors.
Mayfield runs about 53 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Mayfield 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 Mayfield, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 83% of households in Mayfield are family households, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Mayfield, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Mayfield looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 96% of households in Mayfield own their home, about 16 points above the Kansas average of 79%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Mayfield have completed high school, above 96% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Perth, KS R+64
- Milan, KS R+66
- Wellington, KS R+39
- Rome, KS R+53
- Riverdale, KS R+57
- Conway Springs, KS R+57
- Cicero, KS R+59
- Argonia, KS R+60
- Millerton, KS R+64
- Dalton, KS R+67
Cities with Similar Populations
- North Paynesville, MI R+24
- Fayette, NY R+28
- Fairplay, OH R+64
- Sentinel, OH R+54
- Fair Haven, IL R+37
- Upland, WV R+60
- Ophir, OR Even
- Middle Ridge, WI R+24
- Brookfield Center, VT D+18
- Kniveton, KS R+48
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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.