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1876–2024
Gove County, Kansas
Gove County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's least-populous counties, with a near-uniform presidential vote

18762024·38 elections
Gove County, Kansas · Ngresonance at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+77
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,799
2024 ACS
Most similar
Sheridan County
KS · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 1,398 votes cast
Trump · R+77
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−77.0%
1501,2271,398
2020R
−76.5%
1661,2911,471
2016R
−73.8%
1491,1401,343
2012R
−71.7%
1761,1681,383
2008R
−61.7%
2611,1361,418
2004R
−64.7%
2471,1961,467
2000R
−55.3%
2961,1221,495
1996R
−47.6%
3511,1231,623
1992R
−24.2%
3797921,706
1988R
−18.0%
6639661,684
1984R
−49.6%
4261,3101,784
1980R
−48.8%
3961,2631,776
1976R
−0.7%
8488601,757
1972R
−43.3%
4661,2261,755
1968R
−27.8%
5381,0181,724
1964D
+13.7%
1,0227741,813
1960R
−12.4%
8281,0651,907
1956R
−45.2%
4921,3151,819
1952R
−52.2%
4531,4531,916
1948R
−17.4%
7191,0301,792
1944R
−45.1%
4201,1251,562
1940R
−34.0%
6591,3522,039
1936R
−0.8%
1,0901,1072,225
1932D
+6.3%
1,1861,0432,280
1928R
−42.5%
5901,4702,072
1924R
−45.4%
4001,2111,787
1920R
−52.4%
2859501,268
1916D
+13.7%
8626421,602
1912D
+20.2%
355170916
1908R
−15.4%
4566321,146
1904R
−35.8%
204470744
1900R
−18.3%
253368630
1896R
−14.9%
204279504
1892R
−43.1%
0248575
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%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
21.0%
Other Christian
14.7%
Mainline Protestant
11.6%
Methodist
9.3%
Baptist
6.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 36.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Gove County sits in the shortgrass-prairie High Plains and recorded one of the widest presidential margins in Kansas in 2024, with roughly 88% of its roughly 3,000 residents casting ballots for the Republican nominee.

The Republican margin in Gove County reached its widest at seventy-seven points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was seventy-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Gove County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,029, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,799 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 Sheridan County and Ness County.