Saunders is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 53% of adults in Saunders typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Saunders, ~6% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~47% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Saunders compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Saunders leans more Republican than 4 of 5 neighbors.
Saunders runs about 61 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Saunders 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 Saunders, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Saunders live in densely developed areas, about 15 points below the Kansas average of 19%.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Saunders, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Cancer screening does not drive turnout; it reflects income, insurance, and healthcare access.
Why turnout in Saunders looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Saunders is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. High food insecurity lines up with lower turnout, and about 20% of adults in Saunders report food insecurity, above 80% of cities. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 84% of adults in Saunders have completed high school, below 83% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Manter, KS R+76
- Johnson City, KS R+39
- Walsh, CO R+63
- Stonington, CO R+77
- Richfield, KS R+84
- Vilas, CO R+69
- Johnson, KS R+79
- Two Buttes, CO R+69
- Elkhart, KS R+71
Cities with Similar Populations
- Farelly Lake, AR R+15
- New Baltimore, NY R+9
- Diamond Lake Junction, OR R+36
- McNary, TX R+24
- Tenney, MN R+53
- Napili, HI D+12
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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.