Rush Center is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 63% of adults in Rush Center typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Rush Center, ~11% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~37% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Rush Center compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Rush Center leans more Republican than 4 of 22 neighbors.
Rush Center runs about 47 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Rush Center 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 Rush Center, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Rush Center sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 94% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 9 points above the Kansas average of 85%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Rush Center, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Rush Center looks the way it does
Areas with high high-school completion turn out at higher rates. About 96% of adults in Rush Center have completed high school, about 6 points above the U.S. average of 90%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- La Crosse, KS R+60
- Nekoma, KS R+64
- Timken, KS R+64
- Bison, KS R+64
- Alexander, KS R+64
- Liebenthal, KS R+64
- Otis, KS R+64
- Albert, KS R+67
- McCracken, KS R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Guion, IN R+65
- Weaverton, KY R+50
- Colton, OH R+54
- Conchas Dam, NM R+42
- Hillside, PA R+48
- Georgetown, NC D+9
- Ottawa, WV R+64
- Bison, KS R+64
- Woodward, SC D+32
- Vinnie, KY R+69
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.