Sun City is a Republican stronghold. About 11% of voters here vote Democratic and 89% Republican.
About 55% of adults in Sun City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Sun City, ~6% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~45% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Sun City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Sun City is the most Republican-leaning.
Sun City runs about 62 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Sun City 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 Sun City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 77% of households in Sun City are family households, about 10 points above the U.S. average of 67%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Sun City sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 2%, below 94% of cities).
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Sun City, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Sun City looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 7% of homes in Sun City have more than one occupant per room, above 93% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Lake City, KS R+78
- Croft, KS R+74
- Coats, KS R+73
- Wilmore, KS R+77
- Wellsford, KS R+72
- Sawyer, KS R+71
- Cullison, KS R+72
- Medicine Lodge, KS R+63
Cities with Similar Populations
- Zincville, OK R+57
- Platteville, IA R+57
- Rands, IA R+52
- Sanford, KS R+65
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.