Woods is a Republican stronghold. About 10% of voters here vote Democratic and 90% Republican.
About 49% of adults in Woods typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Woods, ~5% vote Democratic, ~44% Republican, and ~51% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Woods compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Woods leans more Republican than 7 of 8 neighbors.
Woods runs about 64 points more Republican than Kansas as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Woods. The west side is the most Republican-leaning (R+87) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+68), a spread of about 19 points.
Why Woods 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 Woods, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Woods live in densely developed areas, about 15 points below the Kansas average of 19%. A high family-household share predicts Republican voting, and about 78% of households in Woods are family households, above 83% of cities.
Population density and Republican lean
Places with low population density tend to lean Republican; Woods, KS sits in the bottom tenth nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Woods looks the way it does
Areas with limited routine healthcare access turn out at lower rates. Woods is in the bottom quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Liberal, KS R+25
- Moscow, KS R+86
- Hugoton, KS R+69
- Tyrone, OK R+67
- Turpin, OK R+77
- Kismet, KS R+76
- Satanta, KS R+67
- Hooker, OK R+59
- Sublette, KS R+63
- Rolla, KS R+85
Cities with Similar Populations
- Osceola, NC R+40
- Rockwood, WI R+41
- New Hope, VA R+56
- Westwood, IN R+52
- Riverton, LA R+57
- Harford, PA R+55
- Iron Junction, MN R+19
- Rabbittown, AL R+81
- Thedford, NE R+82
- Teasdale, MS R+68
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.