Shawnee, KS Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Shawnee

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

Shawnee leans slightly Democratic by roughly 6 points: about 53% of voters vote Democratic and 47% Republican.

 

About 77% of adults in Shawnee typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Shawnee, ~41% vote Democratic, ~36% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Shawnee compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Shawnee leans more Democratic than 61 of 77 neighbors.

Shawnee runs about 22 points more Democratic than Kansas as a whole. Kansas leans Republican overall, while Shawnee is one of the few Democratic-leaning pockets.

Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Shawnee. The southeast side runs the most Democratic (D+23) and the southwest side runs the most Republican (R+11), a spread of about 34 points.

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

Areas with high college attainment vote Democratic. About 53% of adults in Shawnee hold a bachelor's degree, about 25 points above the U.S. average of 28%. Dense areas vote Democratic, and Shawnee sits in the top fifth on density (about 82%, above 95% of cities). Shawnee runs against the grain of Kansas, a Democratic-leaning pocket in a Republican-leaning state.

Population density and Democratic lean

Places with high population density tend to lean Democratic; Shawnee, KS sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure.

Why turnout in Shawnee looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Shawnee is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 72%, about 12 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Shawnee have completed high school, above 84% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

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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.