Windom is a Republican stronghold. About 19% of voters here vote Democratic and 81% Republican.
About 60% of adults in Windom typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Windom, ~11% vote Democratic, ~49% Republican, and ~40% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Windom compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Windom leans more Republican than 19 of 27 neighbors.
Windom runs about 47 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Windom 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 Windom, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas with a high white share vote Republican. Windom sits in the bottom quarter on density and about 97% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 11 points above the Kansas average of 85%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 82% of households in Windom are family households, above 93% of cities.
Park access and Republican lean
Places with low park coverage tend to lean Republican; Windom, KS sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Park access does not change how people vote; it tends to track denser, higher-income areas.
Why turnout in Windom looks the way it does
Crowded housing lines up with lower turnout. About 7% of homes in Windom have more than one occupant per room, above 92% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Little River, KS R+64
- Inman, KS R+52
- Mitchell, KS R+64
- Medora, KS R+57
- McPherson, KS R+36
- Marquette, KS R+61
- Elyria, KS R+58
- Lyons, KS R+48
- Geneseo, KS R+67
- Roxbury, KS R+57
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alstead Center, NH R+17
- Forest Home, AL R+24
- Pineora, GA R+69
- French Lake, MN R+43
- Grand Chain, IL R+61
- Edmonson, TX R+78
- Haverhill, IA R+47
- Bruning, NE R+68
- Hulington, OH R+54
- Sun River, MT R+63
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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.