The 10 Most Conservative Cities In Kansas For 2023


The most conservative cities in Kansas are Colby and Ulysses for 2023 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Nick Johnson | About HomeSnacks
Last Updated: November 3, 2023

Now that we’re headed towards the next big election, we wanted to get a better sense of what parts of Kansas would be the most likely to back Donald Trump again.

Specifically, which cities have the highest number of conservative voters in the Sunflower State?

To do so, we used Saturday Night Science to measure how each city in Kansas with populations greater than 5,000 voted in past elections. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Republican were named the most conservative cities in the state.

Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table

The 10 most conservative places in Kansas for 2023

  1. Colby
  2. Ulysses
  3. Great Bend
  4. Abilene
  5. Concordia
  6. Fort Scott
  7. Pratt
  8. Mulvane
  9. Wellington
  10. Coffeyville

If you’re wondering, Lawrence is the most liberal city in Kansas of all those we measured.

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our own biases — we relied on the cold hard data. For more on how we ran the numbers, keep on reading. Then we’ll take a closer look at each of our top 10 most conservative cities in Kansas.

Additional reading about Kansas and the most conservative places in the country:

The 10 Most Conservative Places In Kansas For 2023

1. Colby

Colby, KS

Source: Wikipedia User Richard Bauer | CC BY 2.0

Percent Republican: 82.2%
More on Colby: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. Ulysses

Ulysses, KS

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 77.4%
More on Ulysses: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

3. Great Bend

Great Bend, KS

Source: Wikipedia User Paul Sableman | CC BY 2.0

Percent Republican: 77.3%
More on Great Bend: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. Abilene

Abilene, KS

Source: Wikipedia User Ichabod | CC BY-SA 3.0

Percent Republican: 76.2%
More on Abilene: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Concordia

Concordia, KS

Source: Wikipedia User Paul McDonald (talk) | CC BY-SA 3.0

Percent Republican: 76.0%
More on Concordia: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Fort Scott

Fort Scott, KS

Source: Wikipedia User Brandonrush | CC BY-SA 3.0

Percent Republican: 75.2%
More on Fort Scott: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Pratt

Pratt, KS

Source: Wikipedia User Ichabod | CC BY-SA 3.0

Percent Republican: 75.1%
More on Pratt: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. Mulvane

Mulvane, KS

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 74.2%
More on Mulvane: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Wellington

Wellington, KS

Source: Public domain

Percent Republican: 74.2%
More on Wellington: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

10. Coffeyville

Coffeyville, KS

Source: Wikipedia User City of Coffeyville | CC BY-SA 4.0

Percent Republican: 74.0%
More on Coffeyville: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

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How we determined the most conservative cities in Kansas for 2023

To find the most conservative places in Kansas, we used Saturday Night Science – the argument you’d make at a bar – to find the cities with the most conservatives.

We started by making a list of every city in Kansas over 5,000 people based on the 2017-2021 American Community Survey. That left us with 62 cities and towns.

We then measured the voting record and MIT election data to determine which places rock the most rightward in their allegiances by:

  1. Percentage Of Votes For The Republican President In 2020

Because no voting data exists at the city level, we used county-level election results from the 2020 election. We assigned every city in a county the percentage of votes that went to the Republicans, effectively extending the county’s results to the city level. In cases where larger cities encompassed an entire county, the election outcomes accurately reflected the city’s political landscape.

Next, we ranked each city from 1 to 62 for each criterion, where number one was the most conservative.

The winner, Colby, is “The Most Conservative City in Kansas For 2023”. The most liberal place in Kansas was Lawrence.

We updated this article for 2023. This report is our tenth time ranking the most conservative places to live in Kansas.

Summing Up The Conservative Strongholds in Kansas

Well, there you have it, the places in Kansas that have the highest number of conservatives per capita, with Colby ranking as the most conservative in the entire state.

If you’re curious, here are the least conservative cities in Kansas:

  1. Lawrence
  2. Eudora
  3. Kansas City

For more Kansas reading, check out:

Most Conservative Places In Kansas

Rank City Population % Conservative
1 Colby, KS 5,434 82.2%
2 Ulysses, KS 5,812 77.4%
3 Great Bend, KS 14,864 77.3%
4 Abilene, KS 6,507 76.2%
5 Concordia, KS 5,096 76.0%
6 Fort Scott, KS 7,579 75.2%
7 Pratt, KS 6,618 75.1%
8 Mulvane, KS 5,676 74.2%
9 Wellington, KS 7,745 74.2%
10 Coffeyville, KS 9,032 74.0%
11 Independence, KS 8,584 74.0%
12 Chanute, KS 8,737 72.3%
13 Manhattan, KS 54,794 72.2%
14 Iola, KS 5,378 71.6%
15 Hays, KS 20,870 70.7%
16 Andover, KS 15,162 69.6%
17 El Dorado, KS 12,855 69.6%
18 Augusta, KS 9,299 69.6%
19 Mcpherson, KS 13,916 69.0%
20 Paola, KS 5,733 68.6%
21 Spring Hill, KS 7,883 68.6%
22 Ottawa, KS 12,592 68.0%
23 Winfield, KS 11,817 67.9%
24 Arkansas City, KS 12,028 67.9%
25 Parsons, KS 9,652 67.0%
26 Hutchinson, KS 40,202 66.0%
27 Atchison, KS 10,773 65.9%
28 Dodge City, KS 27,899 65.1%
29 Salina, KS 46,896 64.1%
30 Liberal, KS 19,340 63.7%
31 Garden City, KS 28,022 61.3%
32 Pittsburg, KS 20,667 60.3%
33 Basehor, KS 6,717 59.2%
34 Tonganoxie, KS 5,383 59.2%
35 Bonner Springs, KS 7,858 59.2%
36 Lansing, KS 11,321 59.2%
37 Leavenworth, KS 37,216 59.2%
38 Newton, KS 18,576 58.8%
39 Junction City, KS 23,033 55.4%
40 Wichita, KS 394,574 54.7%
41 Park City, KS 7,817 54.7%
42 Bel Aire, KS 8,148 54.7%
43 Haysville, KS 10,887 54.7%
44 Derby, KS 25,365 54.7%
45 Valley Center, KS 8,365 54.7%
46 Maize, KS 5,469 54.7%
47 Emporia, KS 24,220 54.0%
48 Topeka, KS 126,802 47.2%
49 Roeland Park, KS 6,871 44.8%
50 Shawnee, KS 67,021 44.8%
51 Gardner, KS 23,065 44.8%
52 Overland Park, KS 195,249 44.8%
53 Olathe, KS 140,339 44.8%
54 Mission, KS 9,884 44.8%
55 Merriam, KS 11,110 44.8%
56 De Soto, KS 6,160 44.8%
57 Lenexa, KS 56,755 44.8%
58 Leawood, KS 33,748 44.8%
59 Prairie Village, KS 22,812 44.8%
60 Kansas City, KS 155,745 33.3%
61 Eudora, KS 6,457 29.1%
62 Lawrence, KS 94,745 29.1%
About Nick Johnson

Nick Johnson earned his masters in Business Administration from the Drucker School At Claremont Graduate University. He has written for 39 publications across the country and ran the media relations department at Movoto, a real estate portal based in San Francisco. He has been featured in over 500 publications as an expert in real estate and as an authority on real estate trends.

Nick's the creator of the HomeSnacks YouTube channel that now has over 260,000 subscribers and is an excellent source to learn about different parts of the country.

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