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1876–2024
Kiowa County, Kansas
Kiowa County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Kiowa County, Kansas · Ichabod · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+71
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,422
2024 ACS
Most similar
Stevens County
KS · similarity 1.00
5 precincts · 1,109 votes cast
Trump · R+71
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−71.2%
1519411,109
2020R
−70.7%
1569801,165
2016R
−72.0%
1149001,092
2012R
−71.1%
1639761,144
2008R
−62.7%
2009121,135
2004R
−65.1%
2561,2751,565
2000R
−60.2%
2941,2621,608
1996R
−52.4%
3311,2641,781
1992R
−37.1%
3551,0571,891
1988R
−44.1%
4851,2761,795
1984R
−60.8%
3611,5371,933
1980R
−50.1%
4381,4331,986
1976R
−21.0%
7641,1801,984
1972R
−56.5%
4061,5592,042
1968R
−47.9%
4811,4842,094
1964R
−7.7%
9701,1352,130
1960R
−49.7%
5551,6622,229
1956R
−53.2%
5171,7172,254
1952R
−60.1%
4321,8382,338
1948R
−25.5%
7221,2582,104
1944R
−40.5%
6181,4792,125
1940R
−29.7%
8441,5712,451
1936D
+5.1%
1,4171,2802,705
1932R
−5.9%
1,1591,3062,500
1928R
−64.8%
4061,9292,350
1924R
−47.4%
4981,5412,199
1920R
−40.6%
5871,4112,030
1916D
+2.5%
9569012,199
1912D
+16.3%
5062761,409
1908R
−24.7%
4096991,175
1904R
−29.1%
251494834
1900R
−4.6%
293322625
1896R
−1.0%
245250502
1892R
−47.7%
0376789
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%
Italian
0.7%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
Methodist
23.9%
Other Christian
19.0%
Baptist
12.6%
Mainline Protestant
10.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.7%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Kiowa County's sparse High Plains ranching economy and a population under 3,300 produce some of the most consistent Republican supermajorities on the Kansas electoral map, with the 2024 presidential margin exceeding 71 points.

The Republican margin in Kiowa County reached its widest at seventy-two points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was seventy-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Kiowa County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $75,539, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,422 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 Stevens County and Sioux County.