Mead leans Democratic by roughly 16 points: about 58% of voters vote Democratic and 42% Republican.
About 33% of adults in Mead typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mead, ~19% vote Democratic, ~14% Republican, and ~67% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mead compares
Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Mead leans more Democratic than 11 of 15 neighbors.
Mead runs about 32 points more Democratic than Kansas as a whole. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Mead is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.
Why Mead 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 Mead, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Dense areas vote Democratic. More than 99% of residents in Mead live in densely developed areas, about 64 points above the U.S. average of 36%. Mead runs against the grain of Kansas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.
Developed land and Democratic lean
Places with a heavily developed built environment tend to lean Democratic; Mead, Wichita, KS sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Mead looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Mead is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 82% of adults in Mead have completed high school, below 82% of neighborhoods. High-crime urban areas turn out at lower rates, and Mead sits in the top 15% on a violent-crime measure. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Neighborhoods
- South City Community, Wichita, KS D+10
- South Central Improvemen, Wichita, KS D+12
- College Hill, Wichita, KS D+29
- Southwest, Wichita, KS Even
- Eastridge, Wichita, KS D+23
- Riverside, Wichita, KS R+13
- Stanley-Aley, Wichita, KS R+5
- South Area, Wichita, KS R+19
- North Central, Wichita, KS D+72
- Historic Midtown, Wichita, KS D+32
Neighborhoods with Similar Populations
- Masonicus, Mahwah, NJ D+3
- Alberta, Portland, OR D+84
- Molholm Two Creeks, Edgewater, CO D+40
- Westhill, Mobile, AL R+7
- Brady Gardens, San Antonio, TX D+34
- East Terrell Hills, San Antonio, TX D+14
- Olympic West, Longview, WA R+5
- Spivak, Edgewater, CO D+40
- Peacock, Oceanside, CA D+10
- Rain Tree, Charlotte, NC D+3
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.