2016 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

See main article: 2016 United States presidential election.

Election Name:	2016 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	2012
Election Date:	November 8, 2016
Next Election:	2020 United States presidential election in Kansas
Next Year:	2020
Turnout:	59.70%^[1]
Image1:	Donald Trump official portrait (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Donald Trump
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Mike Pence
Electoral Vote1:	6
Popular Vote1:	671,018
Percentage1:
Nominee2:	Hillary Clinton
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Tim Kaine
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	427,005
Map Size:	320px
President
Before Election:	Barack Obama
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Donald Trump
After Party:	Republican Party (United States)

The 2016 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. Kansas voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Kansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College.^[2]

Trump carried the state with 56.16 percent of the vote, while Clinton received 35.74 percent.^[3] Kansas was among eleven states (and the District of Columbia) in which Clinton improved on Barack Obama's margin from 2012 (though her vote share was lower than Obama's 38 percent), largely due to a significant shift towards Democrats in Johnson County.^{[4] [5]}

This was the final election of Riley County's 104-year streak of voting Republican, as in the next election Joe Biden would become the first Democrat to win the county in its history.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

See main article: 2016 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses.

Bernie Sanders visited Kansas during the primary season, while Hillary Clinton did not herself and instead sent her daughter Chelsea Clinton to hold a rally in Johnson County.

Republican caucuses

Election Name:	2016 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses
Country:	Kansas
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2012 United States presidential election in Kansas#Republican caucuses
Previous Year:	2012
Next Election:	2020 United States presidential election in Kansas#Canceled Republican race
Next Year:	2020
Outgoing Members:	VA
Elected Members:	ME
Image1:	Ted Cruz by Gage Skidmore 10 (cropped).jpg
Candidate1:	Ted Cruz
Color1:	d4aa00
Home State1:	Texas
Delegate Count1:	24
Popular Vote1:	37,512
Percentage1:	47.50%
Candidate2:	Donald Trump
Color2:	283681
Home State2:	New York
Delegate Count2:	9
Popular Vote2:	18,443
Percentage2:	23.35%
Image4:	Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped).jpg
Candidate4:	Marco Rubio
Color4:	c60e3b
Home State4:	Florida
Delegate Count4:	6
Popular Vote4:	13,295
Percentage4:	16.83%
Image5:	John Kasich (24618295175) (cropped).jpg
Candidate5:	John Kasich
Color5:	00B487
Home State5:	Ohio
Delegate Count5:	1
Popular Vote5:	8,741
Percentage5:	11.07%
Map Size:	200px

Delegates were awarded to candidates at the statewide and congressional district level who got 10% or more of the vote proportionally. The 3 RNC delegates were awarded to the winner.

General election

Voting history

See main article: Political party strength in Kansas. Kansas has given its electoral votes to the Republican ticket since 1968, and only once to the Democrats (1964) since 1940. At the time, all current statewide officials were Republicans, as were all four members of the state's U.S. House delegation. Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama by a margin of 60 percent to 38 percent in 2012. A poll conducted by John Zogby found Clinton leading Trump by 7 points in June. In addition, an internal poll for Representative Kevin Yoder, a Republican from Kansas' 3rd congressional district, released an internal poll showing Clinton leading Trump by 6 points in his district. This district voted for Mitt Romney by a 10-point margin in 2012 and has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+6. This result, coupled with Clinton's gains in national polls, caused Sabato's Crystal Ball to move the Kansas race from "Safe Republican" to "Likely Republican" on August 18.^[6]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Los Angeles Times^[7]		November 6, 2016
CNN^[8]		November 4, 2016
Cook Political Report^[9]		November 7, 2016
Electoral-vote.com^[10]		November 8, 2016
align=left	Rothenberg Political Report^[11]		November 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[12]		November 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics^[13]		November 8, 2016
Fox News^[14]		November 7, 2016

Candidates

Minor candidates

The following received write-in status:^[15]

• President: Andrew D. Basiago; Vice President: Karen D. Kinnison
• President: Darrell L Castle; Vice President: Scott N. Bradley
• President: "Rocky" Roque De La Fuente, Vice President: Michael Steinberg
• President: Rocky Giordani; Vice President: Farley M Anderson
• President: James A Hedges; Vice President: Bill V Bayes
• President: Tom Hoefling; Vice President: Steve Schulin
• President: Lynn Kahn; Vice President: Kathy Monahan
• President: Gloria La Riva; Vice President: Eugene Puryer
• President: Michael S. Levinson; Vice President: Perry E. Wharton, II
• President: Michael A Maturen; Vice President: Juan A Munoz
• President: Evan McMullin; Vice President: Nathan D Johnson
• President: Monica G. Moorehead; Vice President: Lamont G. Lilly
• President: Darryl Perry; Vice President: Conan Salada
• President: Marshall R. Schoenke; Vice President: James C. Mitchell, Jr.
• President: Joe C Schriner; Vice President: Joe Moreaux
• President: Mike Smith; Vice President: Daniel White
• President: Timothy Cook; Vice President: John Stein

Results

Results by county

County	Donald Trump Republican		Hillary Clinton Democratic		Gary Johnson Libertarian		Jill Stein Green		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		3,651		66.27%		1,433		26.01%		229		4.16%		121		2.20%		76		1.36%		2,218		40.26%		5,509
	Anderson		2,435		72.69%		672		20.06%		151		4.51%		81		2.42%		11		0.33%		1,763		52.63%		3,350
	Atchison		4,049		61.58%		1,989		30.25%		316		4.81%		163		2.48%		58		0.88%		2,060		31.33%		6,575
	Barber		1,850		81.82%		286		12.65%		78		3.45%		28		1.24%		19		0.84%		1,564		69.17%		2,261
	Barton		7,888		76.29%		1,839		17.79%		347		3.36%		157		1.52%		108		1.05%		6,049		58.50%		10,339
	Bourbon		4,424		71.64%		1,336		21.64%		205		3.32%		108		1.75%		102		1.66%		3,088		50.00%		6,175
	Brown		2,906		71.35%		863		21.19%		158		3.88%		97		2.38%		49		1.20%		2,043		50.16%		4,073
	Butler		19,073		68.96%		6,573		23.77%		1,415		5.12%		395		1.43%		201		0.73%		12,500		45.19%		27,657
	Chase		969		70.78%		316		23.08%		45		3.29%		31		2.26%		8		0.58%		653		47.70%		1,369
	Chautauqua		1,236		83.46%		197		13.30%		25		1.69%		23		1.55%		0		0.00%		1,039		70.16%		1,481
	Cherokee		6,182		70.91%		2,005		23.00%		296		3.40%		130		1.49%		105		1.20%		4,177		47.91%		8,718
	Cheyenne		1,173		83.37%		181		12.86%		29		2.06%		20		1.42%		4		0.28%		992		70.51%		1,407
	Clark		825		81.52%		120		11.86%		36		3.56%		20		1.98%		11		1.09%		705		69.66%		1,012
	Clay		2,891		74.94%		677		17.55%		150		3.89%		85		2.20%		55		1.42%		2,214		57.39%		3,858
	Cloud		2,919		73.81%		761		19.24%		161		4.07%		74		1.87%		40		1.01%		2,158		54.57%		3,955
	Coffey		3,050		74.98%		727		17.87%		189		4.65%		70		1.72%		32		0.79%		2,323		57.11%		4,068
	Comanche		715		82.47%		102		11.76%		40		4.61%		10		1.15%		0		0.00%		613		70.71%		867
	Cowley		8,270		65.53%		3,551		28.14%		479		3.80%		275		2.18%		46		0.36%		4,719		37.39%		12,621
	Crawford		8,624		57.21%		5,199		34.49%		672		4.46%		314		2.08%		265		1.76%		3,425		22.72%		15,074
	Decatur		1,210		83.05%		178		12.22%		42		2.88%		20		1.37%		7		0.48%		1,032		70.83%		1,457
	Dickinson		6,029		73.43%		1,609		19.60%		369		4.49%		169		2.06%		34		0.42%		4,420		53.83%		8,210
	Doniphan		2,606		76.76%		587		17.29%		125		3.68%		56		1.65%		21		0.72%		2,019		59.47%		3,395
	Douglas		14,688		28.78%		31,195		61.13%		2,429		4.76%		1,555		3.05%		1,164		2.28%		-16,507		-32.35%		51,031
	Edwards		1,037		78.62%		212		16.07%		33		2.50%		34		2.58%		3		0.23%		825		62.55%		1,319
	Elk		1,048		83.24%		160		12.71%		35		2.78%		16		1.27%		0		0.00%		888		70.53%		1,259
	Ellis		8,466		70.19%		2,742		22.73%		464		3.85%		237		1.96%		153		1.27%		5,724		47.46%		12,062
	Ellsworth		1,969		72.76%		521		19.25%		107		3.95%		74		2.73%		35		1.30%		1,448		53.51%		2,706
	Finney		6,350		61.74%		3,195		31.06%		424		4.12%		180		1.75%		136		1.33%		3,155		30.68%		10,285
	Ford		5,114		65.78%		2,149		27.64%		281		3.61%		136		1.75%		94		1.21%		2,965		38.14%		7,774
	Franklin		7,185		64.83%		2,892		26.10%		568		5.13%		265		2.39%		172		1.55%		4,293		38.73%		11,082
	Geary		4,274		56.33%		2,722		35.87%		312		4.11%		156		2.06%		124		1.63%		1,552		20.46%		7,588
	Gove		1,140		84.88%		149		11.09%		41		3.05%		13		0.97%		0		0.00%		991		73.79%		1,343
	Graham		1,025		79.83%		188		14.64%		38		2.96%		30		2.34%		3		0.23%		837		65.19%		1,284
	Grant		1,804		75.51%		441		18.46%		101		4.23%		33		1.38%		10		0.42%		1,363		57.05%		2,389
	Gray		1,698		82.19%		263		12.73%		75		3.63%		30		1.45%		0		0.00%		1,435		69.46%		2,066
	Greeley		534		82.15%		83		12.77%		25		3.85%		8		1.23%		0		0.00%		451		69.38%		650
	Greenwood		2,160		76.06%		485		17.08%		122		4.30%		59		2.08%		14		0.49%		1,675		58.98%		2,840
	Hamilton		705		80.48%		121		13.81%		31		3.54%		14		1.60%		5		0.57%		584		66.67%		876
	Harper		1,996		77.16%		393		15.19%		117		4.52%		60		2.32%		21		0.81%		1,603		61.97%		2,587
	Harvey		8,668		57.34%		5,068		33.53%		684		4.53%		370		2.45%		326		2.15%		3,600		23.81%		15,116
	Haskell		1,040		76.81%		245		18.09%		41		3.03%		22		1.62%		6		0.44%		795		58.72%		1,354
	Hodgeman		855		84.07%		124		12.19%		21		2.06%		17		1.67%		0		0.00%		731		71.88%		1,017
	Jackson		3,919		67.70%		1,512		25.99%		213		3.66%		143		2.46%		11		0.19%		2,427		41.71%		5,818
	Jefferson		5,213		61.77%		2,518		29.83%		384		4.55%		185		2.19%		140		1.66%		2,695		31.94%		8,440
	Jewell		1,223		81.86%		180		12.05%		48		3.21%		41		2.74%		2		0.13%		1,043		69.81%		1,494
	Johnson		137,490		46.73%		129,852		44.14%		15,156		5.15%		5,022		1.71%		6,688		2.27%		7,638		2.59%		294,208
	Kearny		1,075		81.69%		174		13.22%		41		3.12%		13		0.99%		13		0.99%		901		68.47%		1,316
	Kingman		2,530		75.88%		599		17.97%		114		3.42%		69		2.07%		22		0.66%		1,931		57.91%		3,334
	Kiowa		900		82.42%		114		10.44%		44		4.03%		16		1.47%		18		1.65%		786		71.98%		1,092
	Labette		5,335		64.92%		2,291		27.88%		298		3.63%		166		2.02%		128		1.56%		3,044		37.04%		8,218
	Lane		718		82.43%		106		12.17%		33		3.79%		14		1.61%		0		0.00%		612		70.26%		871
	Leavenworth		17,638		57.57%		10,209		33.32%		1,611		5.26%		662		2.16%		519		1.69%		7,429		24.25%		30,639
	Lincoln		1,179		80.53%		215		14.69%		41		2.80%		29		1.98%		0		0.00%		964		65.84%		1,464
	Linn		3,484		78.22%		736		16.52%		119		2.67%		65		1.46%		50		1.12%		2,748		61.70%		4,454
	Logan		1,132		83.17%		149		10.95%		47		3.45%		28		2.06%		5		0.36%		983		72.22%		1,361
	Lyon		6,552		52.53%		4,649		37.28%		670		5.37%		331		2.65%		270		2.17%		1,903		15.25%		12,472
	Marion		4,003		70.60%		1,204		21.23%		227		4.00%		143		2.52%		93		1.64%		2,799		49.37%		5,670
	Marshall		3,307		70.77%		1,072		22.94%		204		4.37%		73		1.56%		17		0.36%		2,235		47.83%		4,673
	McPherson		8,549		67.09%		3,226		25.32%		574		4.50%		295		2.32%		98		0.77%		5,323		41.77%		12,742
	Meade		1,415		81.70%		210		12.12%		62		3.58%		18		1.04%		27		1.56%		1,205		69.58%		1,732
	Miami		10,003		65.92%		3,991		26.30%		683		4.50%		259		1.71%		239		1.58%		6,012		39.62%		15,175
	Mitchell		2,308		78.45%		477		16.21%		89		3.03%		55		1.87%		13		0.44%		1,831		62.24%		2,942
	Montgomery		8,679		72.30%		2,637		21.97%		407		3.39%		210		1.75%		71		0.59%		6,042		50.33%		12,004
	Morris		1,820		69.36%		601		22.90%		138		5.26%		62		2.36%		3		0.11%		1,219		46.46%		2,624
	Morton		995		82.92%		147		12.25%		33		2.75%		14		1.17%		11		0.92%		848		70.67%		1,200
	Nemaha		4,124		80.52%		725		14.15%		164		3.20%		82		1.60%		27		0.53%		3,399		66.37%		5,122
	Neosho		4,431		70.18%		1,501		23.77%		240		3.80%		120		1.90%		22		0.35%		2,930		46.41%		6,314
	Ness		1,228		84.46%		162		11.14%		42		2.89%		21		1.44%		1		0.07%		1,066		73.32%		1,454
	Norton		1,840		82.36%		281		12.58%		67		3.00%		41		1.84%		5		0.22%		1,559		69.78%		2,234
	Osage		4,826		67.47%		1,753		24.51%		302		4.22%		165		2.31%		107		1.50%		3,073		42.96%		7,153
	Osborne		1,460		81.66%		233		13.03%		46		2.57%		41		2.29%		8		0.45%		1,227		68.63%		1,788
	Ottawa		2,283		78.08%		424		14.50%		144		4.92%		42		1.44%		31		1.06%		1,859		63.58%		2,924
	Pawnee		1,904		71.55%		579		21.76%		131		4.92%		34		1.28%		13		0.49%		1,325		49.79%		2,661
	Phillips		2,233		83.82%		300		11.26%		87		3.27%		29		1.09%		15		0.57%		1,933		72.56%		2,664
	Pottawatomie		7,612		71.19%		2,225		20.81%		543		5.08%		193		1.80%		120		1.12%		5,387		50.38%		10,693
	Pratt		2,838		73.87%		771		20.07%		164		4.27%		50		1.30%		19		0.50%		2,067		53.80%		3,842
	Rawlins		1,220		82.88%		163		11.07%		55		3.74%		26		1.77%		8		0.56%		1,057		71.81%		1,472
	Reno		15,513		63.23%		6,837		27.87%		1,280		5.22%		456		1.86%		450		1.83%		8,676		35.36%		24,536
	Republic		2,024		80.03%		375		14.83%		83		3.28%		43		1.70%		4		0.16%		1,649		65.20%		2,529
	Rice		2,837		74.58%		695		18.27%		194		5.10%		69		1.81%		9		0.24%		2,142		56.31%		3,804
	Riley		10,107		46.00%		9,341		42.51%		1,468		6.68%		399		1.82%		659		3.00%		766		3.49%		21,974
	Rooks		2,031		83.96%		275		11.37%		80		3.31%		29		1.20%		4		0.17%		1,756		72.59%		2,419
	Rush		1,197		79.64%		233		15.50%		55		3.66%		18		1.20%		0		0.00%		964		64.14%		1,503
	Russell		2,574		80.61%		461		14.44%		111		3.48%		44		1.38%		3		0.09%		2,113		66.17%		3,193
	Saline		13,828		62.80%		6,317		28.63%		1,378		6.25%		461		2.09%		80		0.37%		7,511		34.04%		22,064
	Scott		1,865		84.70%		236		10.72%		69		3.13%		27		1.23%		5		0.23%		1,629		73.98%		2,202
	Sedgwick		104,353		54.41%		69,627		36.30%		9,214		4.80%		4,042		2.11%		4,562		2.38%		34,726		18.11%		191,798
	Seward		3,159		62.70%		1,628		32.31%		186		3.69%		58		1.15%		7		0.14%		1,531		30.39%		5,038
	Shawnee		35,934		46.81%		33,926		44.19%		3,412		4.44%		1,752		2.28%		1,742		2.27%		2,008		2.62%		76,766
	Sheridan		1,197		87.12%		127		9.24%		38		2.77%		12		0.87%		0		0.00%		1,070		77.88%		1,374
	Sherman		2,089		79.58%		347		13.22%		111		4.23%		47		1.79%		31		1.18%		1,742		66.36%		2,625
	Smith		1,661		81.34%		297		14.54%		55		2.69%		29		1.42%		0		0.00%		1,364		66.80%		2,042
	Stafford		1,490		78.59%		304		16.03%		62		3.27%		34		1.79%		6		0.31%		1,186		62.56%		1,896
	Stanton		492		77.24%		115		18.05%		19		2.98%		7		1.10%		4		0.63%		377		59.19%		637
	Stevens		1,599		84.56%		220		11.63%		49		2.59%		23		1.22%		0		0.00%		1,379		72.93%		1,891
	Sumner		6,984		71.84%		2,076		21.35%		420		4.32%		205		2.11%		37		0.38%		4,908		50.49%		9,722
	Thomas		2,908		81.32%		473		13.23%		131		3.66%		56		1.57%		8		0.22%		2,435		68.09%		3,576
	Trego		1,227		82.79%		198		13.36%		40		2.70%		17		1.15%		0		0.00%		1,029		69.43%		1,482
	Wabaunsee		2,372		70.18%		776		22.96%		143		4.23%		69		2.04%		20		0.59%		1,596		47.22%		3,380
	Wallace		721		90.35%		46		5.76%		15		1.88%		8		1.00%		8		1.00%		675		84.59%		798
	Washington		2,194		79.35%		387		14.00%		124		4.48%		45		1.63%		15		0.54%		1,807		65.35%		2,765
	Wichita		769		80.44%		140		14.64%		18		1.88%		12		1.26%		17		1.78%		629		65.80%		956
	Wilson		2,788		77.64%		594		16.54%		135		3.76%		60		1.67%		14		0.39%		2,194		61.10%		3,591
			1,082		74.98%		273		18.92%		64		4.44%		24		1.66%		0		0.00%		809		56.06%		1,443
			15,806		32.10%		30,146		61.22%		1,725		3.50%		947		1.92%		619		1.26%		-14,340		-29.12%		49,243
Totals	671,018	56.03%	427,005	35.66%	55,406	4.63%	23,506	1.96%	20,635	1.72%	244,013	20.38%	1,197,570

Results by congressional district

Trump won 3 of 4 congressional districts. Clinton won 1 district, which elected a Republican.^[16]

District	Clinton	Trump	Representative
		24.32%	69.29%		Roger Marshall
		37.4%	55.8%		Lynn Jenkins
		47.2%	46.0%
		32.98%	60.2%		Mike Pompeo

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas
• Presidency of Donald Trump
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums
• 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries

External links

• Kansas Department of Elections
• RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process
• Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions
• Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Kansas

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Distribution of Electoral Votes. National Archives and Records Administration. September 19, 2019. November 25, 2020.
3. Web site: Kansas Election Results 2016 – The New York Times. The New York Times. November 11, 2016.
4. Web site: Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data.
5. News: Martin . David . Why did Hillary Clinton do relatively well in Johnson County? College diplomas . 28 January 2019 . Kansas City Pitch . 22 November 2016 . en.
6. Web site: Kondik. Kyle. Sabato. Larry. Skelley. Geoffrey. Clinton Rises to 348 Electoral Votes, Trump Drops to 190. Sabato's Crystal Ball. University of Virginia Center for Politics. 22 August 2016.
7. News: Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours. . . 2016-11-06 . 2016-11-13.
8. News: Chalian . David . David Chalian. Road to 270: CNN's new election map . March 3, 2019 . . November 4, 2016.
9. Web site: 2016 Electoral Scorecard . November 7, 2016 . . en . March 3, 2019 . February 16, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170216084540/https://cookpolitical.com/presidential/charts/scorecard . dead .
10. Web site: 2016 Electoral Map Prediction . November 8, 2016 . . March 3, 2019.
11. Web site: Presidential Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report . August 16, 2021.
12. Web site: 2016 President . Sabato . Larry J. . Larry Sabato . November 7, 2016 . . March 3, 2019.
13. Web site: 2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House. RealClearPolitics. 2016-11-13.
14. Web site: Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge . . 2016-11-07 . 2016-11-13.
15. Web site: 2016 General Election Write-In Candidates for President and Vice President. Office of the Kansas Secretary of State.
16. Web site: Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts. Daily Kos. 11 August 2020.