Kansas

Kansas entered the Union in January 1861, a little over two months prior to the start of the Civil War and seven years after it became a territory under the aptly named Kansas-Nebraska Act. The state is strongly Republican in presidential elections; it hasn’t voted for a Democrat since 1964, when Lyndon Johnson won the presidency in a landslide. In 2020, Donald Trump won by 56% to 42% over Joe Biden.

Kansas’ population growth has been slower than the nation’s as a whole in recent decades, as population trends have been away from rural locations to more urban centers. As a result, the state has lost electoral influence: From a peak of 10 electoral votes in the early part of the 20th century to six today.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2024 ELECTION

Safe Republican
2024 Kansas Polls

Recent Presidential Elections

2020
41.6% 56.2%
2016
36.1% 56.7%
2012
38.0% 59.7%
2008
41.7% 56.6%
2004
36.6% 62.0%
2000
37.2% 58.0%
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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

1976
R
1980
R
1984
R
1988
R
1992
R
1996
R
2000
R
2004
R
2008
R
2012
R
2016
R
2020
R

Electoral College Votes

Republican
People's
Democratic

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
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2
R
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3
R
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Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
R
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R
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R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
2
D
D
D
D
R
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D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
3
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
D
D
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4
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
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R
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R
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5
R
R
R

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

Governor Voting History

1978
D
1982
D
1986
R
1990
D
1994
R
1998
R
2002
D
2006
D
2010
R
2014
R
2018
D
2022
D

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.