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1876–2024
Franklin County, Kansas
Franklin County·Kansas

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

A rural Kansas county where margins routinely exceed 40 points

18762024·38 elections
Franklin County, Kansas · Bhall87 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+40
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
26,106
2024 ACS
Most similar
Thayer County
NE · similarity 1.00
24 precincts · 12,759 votes cast
Trump · R+40
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−39.9%
3,6768,77312,759
2020R
−38.4%
3,6908,47912,477
2016R
−38.7%
2,8927,18511,082
2012R
−29.9%
3,6946,98410,990
2008R
−22.5%
4,4337,07911,739
2004R
−30.2%
3,9217,39111,476
2000R
−27.0%
3,3215,9259,658
1996R
−14.8%
3,5525,0079,835
1992R
−7.4%
2,9683,6999,883
1988R
−14.0%
3,5924,7778,465
1984R
−42.3%
2,5236,2848,899
1980R
−31.8%
2,7265,5258,808
1976R
−13.4%
3,6074,7608,578
1972R
−47.8%
2,0566,0118,267
1968R
−28.5%
2,5244,8758,239
1964D
+8.3%
4,4103,7258,221
1960R
−36.9%
2,8246,1589,029
1956R
−43.2%
2,5916,5579,181
1952R
−46.4%
2,5326,9839,584
1948R
−19.0%
3,4675,1458,834
1944R
−30.0%
2,8805,3758,310
1940R
−28.5%
3,5426,39310,020
1936R
−14.3%
4,5036,00710,538
1932R
−2.0%
4,6904,8879,742
1928R
−57.6%
1,9517,3469,370
1924R
−41.1%
2,3246,0088,960
1920R
−32.6%
2,6065,2168,005
1916D
+2.8%
4,1283,8858,601
1912D
+26.5%
1,9706724,889
1908R
−10.0%
2,1552,6585,040
1904R
−34.0%
1,3102,8554,543
1900R
−4.8%
2,6052,8725,571
1896D
+9.3%
3,1522,6095,810
1892R
−50.7%
02,4314,796
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
Other Christian
10.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
5.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.1%
Baptist
4.9%
Methodist
4.8%
Mainline Protestant
3.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 65.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Franklin County sits in eastern Kansas with an economy anchored by agriculture and small manufacturing. Its presidential margins have grown steadily over two decades, reflecting a broader rural realignment visible across the Great Plains.

The Republican margin in Franklin County reached its widest at fifty-eight points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was forty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Franklin County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $77,207, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 26,106 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 Thayer County and Goshen County.