Pawnee Station is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 73% of adults in Pawnee Station typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Pawnee Station, ~12% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~27% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Pawnee Station compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Pawnee Station leans more Republican than 43 of 50 neighbors.
Pawnee Station runs about 52 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Pawnee Station 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 Pawnee Station, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Pawnee Station sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 95% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 10 points above the Kansas average of 85%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 81% of households in Pawnee Station are family households, above 91% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Pawnee Station, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Pawnee Station looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 90% of households in Pawnee Station own their home, about 11 points above the Kansas average of 79%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Pawnee Station have completed high school, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Dry Wood, KS R+65
- Hiattville, KS R+68
- Marmaton, KS R+65
- Farlington, KS R+62
- Fort Scott, KS R+41
- Arcadia, KS R+59
- Redfield, KS R+67
- Hepler, KS R+63
- Arma, KS R+45
Cities with Similar Populations
- Union Hill, LA R+84
- Formoso, KS R+75
- Arbor, MO R+75
- Arctic Village, AK D+26
- Lanyon, IA R+49
- Hiles, WI R+27
- Ruraldale, OH R+71
- Postoak, TX R+82
- Preston, IL R+60
- Homewood, SC R+47
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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.