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1876–2024
Morris County, Kansas
Morris County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Morris County, Kansas · Joe Carmel at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+46
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,340
2024 ACS
Most similar
Greenwood County
KS · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 2,748 votes cast
Trump · R+46
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−46.3%
7141,9852,748
2020R
−48.1%
7292,1242,899
2016R
−46.5%
6011,8202,624
2012R
−41.2%
7181,7732,562
2008R
−34.1%
9071,8752,841
2004R
−35.1%
9311,9612,936
2000R
−27.1%
8821,5992,641
1996R
−19.7%
9651,5532,989
1992R
−3.7%
9571,0713,111
1988R
−17.9%
1,1651,6822,894
1984R
−45.8%
8202,2403,103
1980R
−38.1%
8101,9332,949
1976R
−11.6%
1,3371,6983,102
1972R
−54.4%
7042,4713,246
1968R
−29.8%
9761,9383,230
1964R
−2.3%
1,6051,6833,323
1960R
−35.3%
1,1482,4133,580
1956R
−37.6%
1,2082,6773,905
1952R
−48.6%
1,1243,2634,403
1948R
−14.4%
1,7012,2854,047
1944R
−24.7%
1,5842,6284,231
1940R
−24.2%
1,9923,2765,315
1936D
+1.0%
2,8052,7515,578
1932R
−2.2%
2,4522,5665,164
1928R
−60.2%
9293,8304,815
1924R
−42.9%
1,0403,0894,774
1920R
−33.8%
1,4673,0014,534
1916D
+5.8%
2,5772,2895,006
1912D
+22.2%
1,1444872,954
1908R
−16.6%
1,2731,7883,108
1904R
−45.7%
7022,0072,854
1900R
−10.8%
1,3261,6502,992
1896R
−0.9%
1,4561,4842,973
1892R
−47.6%
01,3232,782
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
0.9%
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
Methodist
16.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
9.2%
Mainline Protestant
7.2%
Other Christian
5.3%
Baptist
4.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

With just over 6,000 residents spread across the Flint Hills, Morris County has delivered commanding Republican margins for decades, hitting R+46.6 in 2024 and reflecting the deep rural-conservative alignment common to small-population Great Plains counties.

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

Morris County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $58,686, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,340 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 Greenwood County and Cloud County.