Vine Creek is a Republican stronghold. About 13% of voters here vote Democratic and 87% Republican.
About 71% of adults in Vine Creek typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Vine Creek, ~9% vote Democratic, ~62% Republican, and ~29% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Vine Creek compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Vine Creek leans more Republican than 33 of 34 neighbors.
Vine Creek runs about 59 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Vine Creek 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 Vine Creek, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Vine Creek live in densely developed areas, about 15 points below the Kansas average of 19%.
Walkability and Republican lean
Places with a low walkability score tend to lean Republican; Vine Creek, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Vine Creek looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Vine Creek 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%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Vine Creek have completed high school, above 80% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Manchester, KS R+70
- Wells, KS R+76
- Longford, KS R+68
- Verdi, KS R+65
- Talmage, KS R+68
- Oak Hill, KS R+70
- Bennington, KS R+64
- Solomon, KS R+53
- Industry, KS R+69
- Minneapolis, KS R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alanreed, TX R+89
- Woolsey, AR R+42
- Sunrise, MO R+76
- Woodruff, KS R+75
- Belden, CA R+3
- Marshall, NY R+53
- Mapes, ND R+42
- Pennsville, OH R+56
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.