Shady Brook is a Republican stronghold. About 18% of voters here vote Democratic and 82% Republican.
About 64% of adults in Shady Brook typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shady Brook, ~12% vote Democratic, ~53% Republican, and ~35% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Shady Brook compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Shady Brook leans more Republican than 12 of 29 neighbors.
Shady Brook runs about 47 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Shady Brook 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 Shady Brook, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Car-dependent areas vote Republican. About 85% of residents in Shady Brook drive to work alone, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 74%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Shady Brook, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Shady Brook looks the way it does
Turnout in Shady Brook sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Woodbine, KS R+59
- Herington, KS R+46
- Latimer, KS R+66
- Hope, KS R+64
- Pearl, KS R+60
- Navarre, KS R+63
- Lost Springs, KS R+68
- Ramona, KS R+68
- White City, KS R+64
- Enterprise, KS R+58
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alloy, WV R+51
- St. Joe, WV R+65
- Knapp Creek, NY R+38
- Knowles, OK R+85
- Middletown Center, PA R+50
- Colegrove, PA R+54
- Ralph, KY R+60
- Coal City, PA R+53
- Wetaug, IL R+44
- Coolidge, KS R+70
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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.