United States presidential elections in Kansas explained

State:Kansas
Number Of Elections:40
Voted Democratic:6
Voted Republican:33
Voted Other:1
Voted Winning:27
Voted Losing:13

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Kansas, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1861, Kansas has participated in every U.S. presidential election. As of 2020, Kansas has the longest streak of being decided by more than a 5% margin in presidential elections, with the last race this close being in 1896.

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

data-sort-type="number" YearWinner (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentRunner-up (nationally)data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" PercentOther national
candidates
data-sort-type="number" Votesdata-sort-type="number" Percentdata-sort-type="number" Electoral
Votes
Notes
2020[1] 570,323 41.56 Donald Trump 771,406 56.21 6
2016[2] Donald Trump 671,018 56.16 427,005 35.74 6
2012[3] 440,726 37.99 Mitt Romney 692,634 59.71 6
2008[4] 514,765 41.55 John McCain 699,655 56.61 6
2004[5] George W. Bush 736,456 62.00 434,993 36.62 6
2000[6] George W. Bush 622,332 58.04 399,276 37.24 6
1996[7] 387,659 36.08 Bob Dole 583,245 54.29 92,639 8.62 6
390,434 33.74 George H. W. Bush 449,951 38.88 312,358 26.99 6
George H. W. Bush 554,049 55.79 422,636 42.56 7
Ronald Reagan 677,296 66.27 333,149 32.60 7
Ronald Reagan 566,812 57.85 326,150 33.29 68,231 6.96 7
430,421 44.94 Gerald Ford 502,752 52.49 7
Richard Nixon 619,812 67.66 270,287 29.50 7
Richard Nixon 478,674 54.84 302,996 34.72 88,921 10.19 7
Lyndon B. Johnson 464,028 54.09 386,579 45.06 7
363,213 39.10 Richard Nixon 561,474 60.45 8
Dwight D. Eisenhower 566,878 65.44 296,317 34.21 8
Dwight D. Eisenhower 616,302 68.77 273,296 30.50 - 8
351,902 44.61 Thomas E. Dewey 423,039 53.63 8
287,458 39.18 Thomas E. Dewey 442,096 60.25 8
364,725 42.40 Wendell Willkie 489,169 56.86 9
Franklin D. Roosevelt 464,520 53.67 397,727 45.95 9
Franklin D. Roosevelt 424,204 53.56 349,498 44.13 9
Herbert Hoover 513,672 72.02 193,003 27.06 10
Calvin Coolidge 407,671 61.54 156,319 23.60 98,461 14.86 10
Warren G. Harding 369,268 64.75 185,464 32.52 Parley P. Christensen10
Woodrow Wilson 314,588 49.95 277,658 44.09 10
Woodrow Wilson 143,663 39.30 120,210 32.88 74,845 20.47 10
William H. Taft 197,216 52.46 161,209 42.88 10
Theodore Roosevelt 212,955 64.81 86,174 26.23 10
William McKinley 185,955 52.56 162,601 45.96 10
159,345 47.63 William Jennings Bryan 171,675 51.32 10
no ballots 157,241 48.40 James B. Weaver 163,111 50.20 10
Benjamin Harrison 182,904 55.23 102,745 31.03 9
90,132 33.90 James G. Blaine 154,406 58.08 9
James A. Garfield 121,549 60.40 59,801 29.72 19,851 9.86 5
Rutherford B. Hayes 78,324 63.10 37,902 30.53 5
Ulysses S. Grant 66,805 66.46 32,970 32.80 5
Ulysses S. Grant 30,027 68.8 13,600 31.2 3
Abraham Lincoln 17,089 81.7 3,836 18.3 3

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins. The New York Times. 3 November 2020 . November 15, 2020.
  2. https://transition.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2016/federalelections2016.pdf 2016 official Federal Election Commission report
  3. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2012/federalelections2012.pdf 2012 official Federal Election Commission report
  4. http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2008/federalelections2008.pdf 2008 official Federal Election Commission report
  5. Web site: Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. May 2005 . Federal Elections Commission.
  6. Web site: 2000 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. Web site: 1996 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.