Mentor, KS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mentor

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

Mentor is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.

 

About 72% of adults in Mentor typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mentor, ~17% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mentor compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Mentor leans more Republican than 3 of 30 neighbors.

Mentor runs about 35 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mentor. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+67) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+31), a spread of about 36 points.

Why Mentor 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 Mentor, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 87% of residents in Mentor drive to work alone, about 13 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 89% of households in Mentor are family households, in the top fraction of cities.

High-school completion and voter turnout

Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Mentor, KS sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Mentor looks the way it does

Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in Mentor have completed high school, about 5 points above the Kansas average of 93%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Mentor own their home, about 16 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.