Mont Ida, KS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Mont Ida

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

Mont Ida is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.

 

About 50% of adults in Mont Ida typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mont Ida, ~8% vote Democratic, ~42% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Mont Ida compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Mont Ida leans more Republican than 36 of 37 neighbors.

Mont Ida runs about 52 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.

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

Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Mont Ida, more than 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 27 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 7% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 20 points below the Kansas average of 27%.

Park access and Republican lean

Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Mont Ida, 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 Mont Ida looks the way it does

Areas with low high-school completion turn out at lower rates. About 79% of adults in Mont Ida have completed high school, about 11 points below the U.S. average of 90%. 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.