Talmage is a Republican stronghold. About 16% of voters here vote Democratic and 84% Republican.
About 76% of adults in Talmage typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Talmage, ~12% vote Democratic, ~63% Republican, and ~25% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Talmage compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Talmage leans more Republican than 28 of 35 neighbors.
Talmage runs about 52 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Talmage 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 Talmage, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with many family households vote Republican. About 84% of households in Talmage are family households, about 18 points above the U.S. average of 67%.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Talmage, 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 Talmage looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Talmage 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 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 96% of households in Talmage own their home, about 21 points above the U.S. average of 75%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Detroit, KS R+63
- Manchester, KS R+70
- Buckeye, KS R+69
- Abilene, KS R+45
- Solomon, KS R+53
- Industry, KS R+69
- Vine Creek, KS R+75
- Longford, KS R+68
- Enterprise, KS R+58
- Verdi, KS R+65
Cities with Similar Populations
- Soapstone, VA R+44
- Wheaton, KS R+58
- Stormville, PA R+16
- Port Mansfield, TX R+45
- Rapson, MI R+50
- Tensed, ID R+59
- Indian Mills, WV R+66
- Kanawha, WV R+61
- Turnersville, PA R+47
- Little York, IN R+61
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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.