The 10 Most Liberal Places In Kansas For 2024 (2024)

The most liberal cities in Kansas are Lawrence and Eudora for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

By: Nick Johnson | About RoadSnacks
Last Updated: January 17, 2024

In this article, we will explore some of the most liberal cities in Kansas, where progressive ideas and inclusive attitudes flourish.

If you’re looking to move to Kansas and want to know where the majority of Kansans lean left, you’ve come to the right place.

Specifically, we wanted to know which cities have the highest number of liberal voters in the Sunflower State.

To do so, we analyzed how the people in each city in Kansas with a population greater than 5,000 voted during the last presidential election. The cities with the highest percentage of voters who voted Democrat were named the most liberal cities in the state.

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The 10 Most Liberal Places In Kansas For 2024:

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

And to be clear, we didn’t form this list based on our 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 liberal cities in Kansas.

And if you already knew these places were liberal, check out some more reading about Kansas and the most liberal places in the country:

The 10 Most Liberal Places In Kansas For 2024

1. Lawrence

Source: Wikipedia User Bhall87 | CC BY-SA 3.0

Overall SnackAbility

7.5
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Percent Democrat: 68.6%
More on Lawrence: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. Eudora

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Overall SnackAbility

8.5
/10

How we determined the most liberal cities in Kansas for 2024

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

Straight forward.

We started by making a list of every city in Kansas over 5,000 people based on the 2018-2022 American Community Survey. That left us with 63 cities and towns.

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

Percentage Of Votes For Democratic 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 Democrats, 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.

The winner, Lawrence, is “The Most liberal City in Kansas For 2024”. The most conservative place in Kansas was Colby.

We updated this article for 2024. This report is our tenth time ranking the most liberal places to live in Kansas.

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Summing Up The Liberal Snowflakes in Kansas

Well, there you have it, the places in Kansas that have the highest number of liberals per capita, with Lawrence ranking as the least conservative in the entire state.

The most liberal cities in Kansas are Lawrence, Eudora, Kansas City, Bonner Springs, Overland Park, Olathe, Shawnee, Lenexa, Leawood, and Gardner.

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

Colby
Ulysses
Great Bend

For more Kansas reading, check out:

Most Liberal Places In Kansas

Rank	City	Population	% Liberal
1	Lawrence, KS	95,103	68.6%
2	Eudora, KS	6,025	68.6%
3	Kansas City, KS	155,438	64.8%
4	Bonner Springs, KS	7,770	64.8%
5	Overland Park, KS	196,676	53.1%
6	Olathe, KS	142,114	53.1%
7	Shawnee, KS	67,671	53.1%
8	Lenexa, KS	57,497	53.1%
9	Leawood, KS	33,784	53.1%
10	Gardner, KS	23,488	53.1%
11	Prairie Village, KS	22,922	53.1%
12	Merriam, KS	11,070	53.1%
13	Mission, KS	9,894	53.1%
14	Spring Hill, KS	8,279	53.1%
15	Roeland Park, KS	6,848	53.1%
16	De Soto, KS	6,248	53.1%
17	Manhattan, KS	54,287	50.7%
18	Topeka, KS	126,431	50.2%
19	Emporia, KS	24,118	43.3%
20	Wichita, KS	395,951	42.9%
21	Derby, KS	25,551	42.9%
22	Andover, KS	15,460	42.9%
23	Haysville, KS	10,891	42.9%
24	Valley Center, KS	8,448	42.9%
25	Bel Aire, KS	8,341	42.9%
26	Park City, KS	7,703	42.9%
27	Maize, KS	6,071	42.9%
28	Mulvane, KS	6,003	42.9%
29	Goddard, KS	5,119	42.9%
30	Junction City, KS	22,738	41.5%
31	Newton, KS	18,527	39.0%
32	Leavenworth, KS	37,193	38.1%
33	Lansing, KS	11,254	38.1%
34	Basehor, KS	7,004	38.1%
35	Tonganoxie, KS	5,484	38.1%
36	Pittsburg, KS	20,610	37.1%
37	Garden City, KS	27,933	36.7%
38	Liberal, KS	19,099	34.6%
39	Salina, KS	46,734	33.5%
40	Dodge City, KS	27,721	33.1%
41	Hutchinson, KS	39,995	31.8%
42	Atchison, KS	10,834	31.7%
43	Parsons, KS	9,564	31.0%
44	Arkansas City, KS	11,997	30.0%
45	Winfield, KS	11,804	30.0%
46	Ottawa, KS	12,615	29.6%
47	Paola, KS	5,742	29.3%
48	Mcpherson, KS	13,955	28.6%
49	El Dorado, KS	12,882	28.2%
50	Augusta, KS	9,253	28.2%