Mount Vernon is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 79% of adults in Mount Vernon typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Mount Vernon, ~14% vote Democratic, ~65% Republican, and ~21% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Mount Vernon compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Mount Vernon leans more Republican than 25 of 37 neighbors.
Mount Vernon runs about 47 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Mount Vernon. The southeast side is the most Republican-leaning (R+69) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+59), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Mount Vernon 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 Mount Vernon, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 84% of households in Mount Vernon are family households, about 17 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Mount Vernon sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 5%, below 75% of cities).
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Mount Vernon, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Mount Vernon looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 91% of households in Mount Vernon own their home, about 12 points above the Kansas average of 79%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 97% of adults in Mount Vernon have completed high school, above 88% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Cheney, KS R+53
- Waterloo, KS R+65
- Garden Plain, KS R+61
- Murdock, KS R+66
- Pretty Prairie, KS R+61
- Haven, KS R+58
- Mount Hope, KS R+61
- Andale, KS R+58
- St. Marks, KS R+62
- Goddard, KS R+49
Cities with Similar Populations
- Summerland, MS D+16
- Vicey, VA R+69
- Clitherall, MN R+46
- Tunis, TX R+49
- Congress, OH R+60
- Wheeler, MS R+80
- St. Joseph, FL R+39
- Silver Lake, NJ D+31
- Athol, NY R+38
- Fleetville, PA R+24
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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.