Oak Hill is a Republican stronghold. About 15% of voters here vote Democratic and 85% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Oak Hill typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Oak Hill, ~10% vote Democratic, ~57% Republican, and ~33% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Oak Hill compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Oak Hill leans more Republican than 20 of 30 neighbors.
Oak Hill runs about 54 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Oak Hill 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 Oak Hill, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Oak Hill sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 11 points above the Kansas average of 85%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Oak Hill, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Oak Hill looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 97% of adults in Oak Hill have completed high school, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 91% of households in Oak Hill 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.
Nearby Cities
- Longford, KS R+68
- Miltonvale, KS R+74
- Idana, KS R+66
- Ladysmith, KS R+68
- Vine Creek, KS R+75
- Manchester, KS R+70
- Industry, KS R+69
- Wells, KS R+76
- Clay Center, KS R+50
- Morganville, KS R+66
Cities with Similar Populations
- Landes, IL R+67
- Miami, NM R+18
- Mount Herman, OK R+83
- Rimrock, AZ R+33
- Economy, MO R+69
- Pearl, TX R+74
- Gump, PA R+55
- Fosheeton, AL R+71
- Enola, NC R+58
- Trident, MT R+58
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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.