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1876–2024
Chase County, Kansas
Chase County·Kansas

Chase County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Kansas's least-populated counties, tilting deeply red

18762024·38 elections
Chase County, Kansas · Kansas Geological Society · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+51
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,561
2024 ACS
Most similar
Kay County
OK · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 1,462 votes cast
Trump · R+51
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.8%
3481,0901,462
2020R
−52.2%
3451,1231,491
2016R
−47.7%
3169691,369
2012R
−40.7%
3588751,271
2008R
−42.8%
3839761,384
2004R
−42.4%
4181,0551,501
2000R
−34.7%
3918481,317
1996R
−18.2%
4967781,550
1992R
−8.3%
4706101,685
1988R
−23.7%
5388841,458
1984R
−49.0%
3931,1621,570
1980R
−41.2%
4131,0731,603
1976R
−17.4%
6439221,601
1972R
−55.8%
3151,1841,557
1968R
−34.7%
4621,0381,658
1964R
−0.9%
8869021,793
1960R
−28.5%
7081,2761,992
1956R
−49.1%
5291,5532,086
1952R
−55.8%
5131,8152,334
1948R
−19.4%
9611,4322,430
1944R
−20.3%
9981,5102,517
1940R
−16.3%
1,3441,8713,238
1936D
+2.9%
1,7061,6103,325
1932D
+6.7%
1,7031,4853,231
1928R
−46.9%
7392,0792,856
1924R
−36.6%
7581,8222,910
1920R
−28.7%
9041,6592,627
1916D
+7.4%
1,5841,3563,072
1912D
+17.9%
8124761,873
1908R
−9.7%
8341,0211,925
1904R
−34.7%
5621,2171,890
1900R
−6.2%
9561,0842,065
1896D
+9.3%
9818121,815
1892R
−51.7%
09721,881
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
African American
0.9%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
11.1%
Methodist
9.0%
Other Christian
6.2%
Mainline Protestant
3.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 70.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Chase County's cattle-ranch economy and sparse settlement—roughly two people per square mile—have made it one of the most reliably Republican counties in Kansas, with 2024 margins exceeding 50 points.

The Republican margin in Chase County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was fifty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Chase County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,484, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,561 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Kay County and Chautauqua County.