Stanton County leans heavily Republican by roughly 48 points: about 26% of voters vote Democratic and 74% Republican.
About 59% of adults in Stanton County typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Stanton County, ~15% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~41% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Stanton County compares
Among counties within 50 miles, Stanton County is the least Republican-leaning.
Stanton County runs about 32 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by city within Stanton County. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+77) and the north side is the least Republican-leaning (R+44), a spread of about 33 points.
Why Stanton County leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per county to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Stanton County, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Stanton County votes Republican even though it is densely developed (about 62%, far above the Kansas average of 19%). State and regional patterns outweigh the Democratic lean that density usually predicts here.
Cancer-screening access and voter turnout
Places with low colon-cancer-screening access tend to turn out at a lower rate; Stanton County, 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 Stanton County looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Stanton County is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 79% of adults in Stanton County have completed high school, below 95% of counties. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- Grant County, KS R+59
- Hamilton County, KS R+71
- Stevens County, KS R+73
- Morton County, KS R+74
- Kearny County, KS R+71
- Baca County, CO R+69
- Haskell County, KS R+66
- Prowers County, CO R+38
- Finney County, KS R+25
- Seward County, KS R+27
Counties with Similar Populations
- Haines Borough, AK R+17
- Wheatland County, MT R+66
- Keweenaw County, MI Even
- Faulk County, SD R+66
- Wrangell City and Borough, AK R+8
- Judith Basin County, MT R+62
- Wichita County, KS R+59
- Towner County, ND R+45
- Jeff Davis County, TX R+51
- Gilliam County, OR R+48
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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.