Nickerson is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 66% of adults in Nickerson typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Nickerson, ~12% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Nickerson compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Nickerson leans more Republican than 20 of 30 neighbors.
Nickerson runs about 47 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Nickerson 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 Nickerson, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 89% of residents in Nickerson drive to work alone, about 15 points above the U.S. average of 74%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Nickerson are family households, above 78% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Nickerson, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Nickerson looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 98% of adults in Nickerson have completed high school, about 5 points above the Kansas average of 93%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Sterling, KS R+51
- Willowbrook, KS R+56
- Hutchinson, KS R+28
- Abbyville, KS R+61
- Partridge, KS R+62
- South Hutchinson, KS R+42
- Medora, KS R+57
- Alden, KS R+62
- Cruppers Corner, KS R+63
- Plevna, KS R+64
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rubicon, WI R+46
- Brooklyn, IN R+52
- Sutherlin, VA R+45
- West Paris, ME R+29
- Lachine, MI R+45
- Ridge, LA R+62
- Tremont, MS R+86
- Toluca, IL R+34
- Kaiser, MO R+66
- Earlington, KY R+44
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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.