Wallace County is a Republican stronghold. About 8% of voters here vote Democratic and 92% Republican.
About 67% of adults in Wallace County typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wallace County, ~5% vote Democratic, ~61% Republican, and ~34% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wallace County compares
Among counties within 50 miles, Wallace County is the most Republican-leaning.
Wallace County runs about 67 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Wallace 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 Wallace County, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 3% of residents in Wallace County live in densely developed areas, about 15 points below the Kansas average of 19%.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Wallace County, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure. Paved ground does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban and built-up a place is.
Why turnout in Wallace County looks the way it does
Turnout in Wallace County sits close to the national pattern. Routine healthcare access, homeownership, education, and food security all land near their national averages here. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Counties
- Greeley County, KS R+68
- Sherman County, KS R+66
- Wichita County, KS R+59
- Cheyenne County, CO R+72
- Logan County, KS R+67
- Kit Carson County, CO R+64
- Thomas County, KS R+67
- Scott County, KS R+67
- Kiowa County, CO R+72
- Cheyenne County, KS R+71
Counties with Similar Populations
- Irion County, TX R+69
- Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK D+13
- Taliaferro County, GA D+16
- Wheeler County, OR R+51
- Lane County, KS R+78
- Sully County, SD R+62
- Kiowa County, CO R+72
- Throckmorton County, TX R+76
- Piute County, UT R+78
- Briscoe County, TX R+71
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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.