Patterson is a Republican stronghold. About 17% of voters here vote Democratic and 83% Republican.
About 52% of adults in Patterson typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Patterson, ~9% vote Democratic, ~43% Republican, and ~48% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Patterson compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Patterson leans more Republican than 39 of 40 neighbors.
Patterson runs about 50 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Patterson 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 Patterson, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 78% of households in Patterson are family households, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Patterson, KS sits below the national average on this measure.
Why turnout in Patterson looks the way it does
Turnout in Patterson sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Burrton, KS R+66
- Mount Hope, KS R+61
- Bentley, KS R+61
- Haven, KS R+58
- Halstead, KS R+52
- Punkin Center, KS R+58
- Andale, KS R+58
- Yoder, KS R+62
- Sedgwick, KS R+51
- Colwich, KS R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zittau, WI R+36
- New Offenburg, MO R+59
- Mannassa, MS R+32
- Buchanan Corner, IN R+61
- DeGrey, SD R+55
- Milton, OK R+76
- Parkwood, PA R+57
- Glencoe, CA R+27
- Jenkins, MO R+71
- Mon Louis, AL R+81
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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.