akashic
1876–2024
Scott County, Kansas
Scott County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Scott County, Kansas · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+75
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,027
2024 ACS
Most similar
Meade County
KS · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 2,133 votes cast
Trump · R+75
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−74.9%
2461,8432,133
2020R
−72.9%
2992,0142,354
2016R
−74.0%
2361,8652,202
2012R
−70.7%
2771,7282,052
2008R
−68.9%
3211,8232,179
2004R
−68.6%
3471,9242,299
2000R
−60.5%
4181,8112,303
1996R
−54.2%
4581,7502,384
1992R
−37.3%
4801,4262,534
1988R
−36.8%
7171,5902,375
1984R
−64.0%
4272,0172,486
1980R
−56.8%
4561,8292,418
1976R
−12.6%
9191,1952,183
1972R
−52.7%
4491,5472,082
1968R
−42.1%
5001,3742,074
1964R
−5.8%
1,0161,1432,177
1960R
−43.1%
5981,5142,124
1956R
−50.5%
4511,3761,832
1952R
−57.7%
4431,6812,146
1948R
−16.5%
7391,0401,829
1944R
−22.8%
5659031,482
1940R
−15.7%
7179881,726
1936D
+27.3%
1,0966251,724
1932D
+28.4%
1,0925951,748
1928R
−32.4%
4508861,347
1924R
−20.0%
4457341,443
1920R
−23.6%
3796361,087
1916D
+21.4%
6844161,255
1912D
+31.5%
24756606
1908R
−4.4%
294324688
1904R
−44.6%
79275439
1900D
+10.7%
159128290
1896D
+27.7%
16191253
1892R
−52.4%
0162309
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
20.1%
Baptist
18.1%
Mainline Protestant
12.8%
Methodist
9.0%
Other Christian
7.1%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Scott County's 2024 presidential margin of R+74.7 places it among the most heavily Republican jurisdictions in the state, reflecting a sparse, agriculturally rooted population of roughly 5,000 residents on the High Plains.

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

Scott County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,839, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,027 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 Meade County and Logan County.