Parkdale-Walden, Kansas City, MO Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Parkdale-Walden

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

Parkdale-Walden leans slightly Democratic by roughly 8 points: about 54% of voters vote Democratic and 46% Republican.

 

About 72% of adults in Parkdale-Walden typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Parkdale-Walden, ~39% vote Democratic, ~33% Republican, and ~28% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Parkdale-Walden compares

Among neighborhoods within 5 miles, Parkdale-Walden leans more Democratic than 2 of 11 neighbors.

Parkdale-Walden runs about 26 points more Democratic than Missouri as a whole. Missouri leans Republican overall, while Parkdale-Walden is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by block within Parkdale-Walden. The northeast side runs the most Democratic (D+23) and the southeast side runs the most Republican (R+17), a spread of about 41 points.

Why Parkdale-Walden leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per neighborhood to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Parkdale-Walden, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 59% of adults in Parkdale-Walden hold a bachelor's degree, about 30 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Parkdale-Walden runs against the grain of Missouri, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Cancer-screening access and voter turnout

Places with high colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a higher rate; Parkdale-Walden, Kansas City, MO sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.

Why turnout in Parkdale-Walden looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Parkdale-Walden is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 71%, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 98% of adults in Parkdale-Walden have completed high school, above 83% of neighborhoods. 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 Missouri 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.