Prairie View is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 62% of adults in Prairie View typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Prairie View, ~8% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~38% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Prairie View compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Prairie View leans more Republican than 6 of 16 neighbors.
Prairie View runs about 57 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Prairie View 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 Prairie View, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Prairie View sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 13 points above the Kansas average of 85%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 76% of households in Prairie View are family households, above 79% of cities.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Prairie View, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Prairie View looks the way it does
Turnout in Prairie View 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
- Long Island, KS R+74
- Almena, KS R+78
- Stuttgart, KS R+76
- Logan, KS R+74
- Woodruff, KS R+75
- Phillipsburg, KS R+63
- Calvert, KS R+78
- Speed, KS R+74
- Glade, KS R+78
- Norton, KS R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Weches, TX R+81
- Zetus, MS R+73
- Houston Lake, MO R+17
- Hinch, MO R+65
- New Alluwe, OK R+66
- Hunts Corner, ME R+11
- Lillyville, PA R+48
- Yarnaby, OK R+72
- Rosboro, AR R+72
- Fort Bidwell, CA R+35
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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.