Rush County, Kansas

2024 results by precinct

13 precincts · 1,606 votes cast

Trump · R+65

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−65.4%	264	1,315	1,606
2020	R	−62.9%	295	1,350	1,677
2016	R	−64.1%	233	1,197	1,503
2012	R	−50.9%	367	1,166	1,570
2008	R	−40.5%	504	1,225	1,781
2004	R	−39.6%	517	1,226	1,789
2000	R	−39.4%	505	1,235	1,854
1996	R	−34.8%	547	1,239	1,989
1992	R	−3.2%	689	756	2,115
1988	R	−1.2%	1,020	1,045	2,153
1984	R	−41.1%	718	1,758	2,530
1980	R	−49.9%	557	1,840	2,572
1976	D	+7.3%	1,359	1,170	2,581
1972	R	−33.2%	806	1,639	2,512
1968	R	−23.7%	864	1,471	2,560
1964	D	+23.4%	1,778	1,098	2,901
1960	R	−8.1%	1,418	1,668	3,097
1956	R	−30.0%	1,080	2,007	3,094
1952	R	−51.5%	843	2,650	3,510
1948	R	−14.7%	1,360	1,840	3,262
1944	R	−34.0%	1,076	2,193	3,283
1940	R	−20.1%	1,588	2,394	4,001
1936	D	+17.8%	2,482	1,733	4,219
1932	D	+22.3%	2,275	1,433	3,774
1928	R	−20.8%	1,296	1,985	3,307
1924	R	−31.9%	787	1,780	3,109
1920	R	−51.4%	605	2,017	2,747
1916	D	+8.7%	1,478	1,223	2,936
1912	D	+36.0%	870	210	1,831
1908	D	+7.7%	894	764	1,697
1904	R	−20.6%	570	883	1,517
1900	D	+2.6%	717	681	1,405
1896	D	+11.0%	643	515	1,168
1892	R	−51.3%	0	616	1,200
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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 45.2 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

2.0%

85+

2.4%

3.8%

75–84

2.3%

7.7%

65–74

6.6%

5.9%

55–64

6.3%

6.8%

45–54

6.4%

4.8%

35–44

5.4%

6.8%

25–34

5.3%

4.1%

18–24

3.5%

8.3%

5–17

5.5%

3.4%

2.7%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$59,970

Rush County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Rush County$59,970

Kansas$74,275

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

11.1%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

Mainline Protestant

18.9%

Catholic & Orthodox

17.2%

Methodist

12.6%

Other Christian

8.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 42.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rush County's Republican presidential margin exceeded 65 points in 2024, reflecting a sparsely populated High Plains community where ranching and wheat farming shape both the economy and the electorate.

The Democratic margin in Rush County peaked at thirty-six points in 1912. By 1980 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was sixty-five points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.

The economic context is the key. Rush County's median household income of $59,970 sits well below state and national norms, and 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Trego County and Edwards County.

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Rush County was solidly one party for decades. In the last twenty years, it flipped.