Woodruff is a Republican stronghold. About 12% of voters here vote Democratic and 88% Republican.
About 61% of adults in Woodruff typically vote, near the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Woodruff, ~7% vote Democratic, ~54% Republican, and ~39% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Woodruff compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Woodruff leans more Republican than 15 of 22 neighbors.
Woodruff runs about 59 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Why Woodruff 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 Woodruff, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 5% of residents in Woodruff live in densely developed areas, about 14 points below the Kansas average of 19%.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Woodruff, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Woodruff looks the way it does
Turnout in Woodruff 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 Cities
- Stuttgart, KS R+76
- Long Island, KS R+74
- Alma, NE R+68
- Prairie View, KS R+74
- Republican City, NE R+68
- Phillipsburg, KS R+63
- Orleans, NE R+69
- Naponee, NE R+67
- Stamford, NE R+73
- Almena, KS R+78
Cities with Similar Populations
- Woolsey, AR R+42
- Yellow Pine, ID R+41
- Kingsdown, KS R+76
- Alanreed, TX R+89
- Moravia, OK R+77
- Belden, CA R+3
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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.