New Strawn is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 60% of adults in New Strawn typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in New Strawn, ~11% vote Democratic, ~48% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How New Strawn compares
Among cities within 25 miles, New Strawn leans more Republican than 16 of 28 neighbors.
New Strawn runs about 45 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why New Strawn 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 New Strawn, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in New Strawn live in densely developed areas, about 14 points below the Kansas average of 19%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; New Strawn, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in New Strawn looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 9% of homes in New Strawn have more than one occupant per room, above 95% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Ottumwa, KS R+61
- Burlington, KS R+52
- Sharpe, KS R+67
- Halls Summit, KS R+60
- Jacobs Creek Landing, KS R+63
- Waverly, KS R+60
- Lebo, KS R+60
- Hartford, KS R+60
- Le Roy, KS R+67
- Gridley, KS R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Clarksburg, KY R+66
- Kivalina, AK D+24
- Claremont, VA R+15
- Killduff, IA R+51
- Colby, OH R+52
- Pintlala, AL R+26
- Kingsbury, IN R+41
- West Leroy, MI R+39
- Vernon, ID R+31
- Ida, AR R+72
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.