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1876–2024
Stanton County, Kansas
Stanton County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's least-populated counties, tilting hard red

18762024·38 elections
Stanton County, Kansas · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+64
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,038
2024 ACS
Most similar
Grant County
KS · similarity 1.00
3 precincts · 664 votes cast
Trump · R+64
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−63.6%
115537664
2020R
−60.1%
148614776
2016R
−59.2%
115492637
2012R
−60.9%
143605759
2008R
−53.2%
188628827
2004R
−65.3%
165796966
2000R
−55.4%
2157851,029
1996R
−49.8%
189628882
1992R
−33.3%
224556998
1988R
−29.7%
310592950
1984R
−56.6%
2057831,022
1980R
−44.5%
231672992
1976R
−2.0%
4895101,040
1972R
−47.0%
2597541,054
1968R
−27.8%
288541909
1964D
+4.2%
500459970
1960R
−31.9%
323627954
1956R
−41.3%
226549782
1952R
−50.4%
215664890
1948R
−14.9%
300407720
1944R
−24.5%
240398645
1940R
−11.1%
301378692
1936D
+19.1%
458311770
1932D
+18.2%
5984121,024
1928R
−50.2%
164497664
1924R
−36.4%
158379607
1920R
−48.9%
89269368
1916R
−2.5%
170180404
1912D
+27.3%
11442264
1908R
−24.7%
107180296
1904R
−29.9%
346397
1900R
−16.1%
365087
1896D
+1.8%
5755112
1892R
−47.3%
0131277
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
25.1%
Methodist
20.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
10.3%
Baptist
2.4%
Other Christian
1.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Stanton County sits in the southwest corner of Kansas with roughly 2,400 residents and an agricultural economy centered on irrigated cropland. Its 2024 presidential margin of R+63.5 reflects the lopsided Republican alignment typical of the rural High Plains.

The Republican margin in Stanton County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2004. The margin in 2024 was sixty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Stanton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $71,700, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,038 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 Grant County and Marion County.