Shallow Water, KS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Shallow Water

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Shallow Water is a Republican stronghold. About 6% of voters here vote Democratic and 94% Republican.

 

About 50% of adults in Shallow Water typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shallow Water, ~3% vote Democratic, ~47% Republican, and ~50% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Shallow Water compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Shallow Water is the most Republican-leaning.

Shallow Water runs about 71 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.

Why Shallow Water 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 Shallow Water, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Shallow Water live in densely developed areas, about 15 points below the Kansas average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 91% of households in Shallow Water are family households, in the top fraction of cities.

Paved land cover and Republican lean

Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Shallow Water, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.

Why turnout in Shallow Water looks the way it does

Renters vote less often than owners. About 36% of households in Shallow Water rent, about 11 points above the U.S. average of 25%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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.