Wilmot is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Wilmot typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Wilmot, ~13% vote Democratic, ~55% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Wilmot compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Wilmot leans more Republican than 25 of 35 neighbors.
Wilmot runs about 47 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Wilmot 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 Wilmot, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Wilmot live in densely developed areas, about 15 points below the Kansas average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 80% of households in Wilmot are family households, above 90% of cities.
Paved land cover and Republican lean
Places with little paved surface tend to lean Republican; Wilmot, KS sits in the bottom quarter 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 Wilmot looks the way it does
Turnout in Wilmot sits close to the national pattern. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Rock, KS R+61
- Floral, KS R+63
- Douglass, KS R+53
- New Salem, KS R+64
- Smileyville, KS R+58
- Atlanta, KS R+68
- Udall, KS R+61
- Hackney, KS R+40
- Burden, KS R+70
- Winfield, KS R+29
Cities with Similar Populations
- Rousseau, SD R+63
- Hachita, NM R+40
- Sand, TX R+82
- Pride, OH R+61
- Hartford, WV R+63
- Grand Summit, KS R+71
- Josephine, WV R+69
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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.