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Election 1868 Results

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1868 presidential election in Kansas

Ulysses S. Grant (Republican) beat Horatio Seymour (Democrat) in Kansas in 1868, 68.8% to 31.2%, a margin of 37.7 points and 16,427 votes.

Kansas voted 32.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+5.3.

Republicans led in 41 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 3. The largest, Leavenworth, cast 5,001 votes and went to the Republican by 6.8 points. The closest was Marion, where 5 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ulysses S. Grant won Republican 30,027 68.8%
Horatio Seymour Democratic 13,600 31.2%
All other candidates 3 0.0%
Total43,630

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Leavenworth 2,330 46.6% 2,671 53.4% 5,001 R+6.8
Douglas 609 20.0% 2,434 80.0% 3,043 R+60.0
Doniphan 721 31.8% 1,549 68.2% 2,270 R+36.5
Atchison 934 41.9% 1,297 58.1% 2,231 R+16.3
Johnson 723 32.7% 1,487 67.3% 2,210 R+34.6
Jefferson 724 36.3% 1,268 63.7% 1,992 R+27.3
Bourbon 486 25.2% 1,443 74.8% 1,929 R+49.6
Miami 557 30.8% 1,250 69.2% 1,807 R+38.4
Shawnee 450 25.0% 1,351 75.0% 1,801 R+50.0
Linn 415 24.1% 1,310 75.9% 1,725 R+51.9
Franklin 319 23.6% 1,030 76.4% 1,349 R+52.7
Wyandotte 628 52.5% 569 47.5% 1,197 D+4.9
Neosho 409 36.6% 708 63.4% 1,117 R+26.8
Lyon 110 10.4% 946 89.6% 1,056 R+79.2
Pottawatomie 300 32.9% 613 67.1% 913 R+34.3
Coffey 261 29.1% 637 70.9% 898 R+41.9
Allen 200 22.4% 693 77.6% 893 R+55.2
Brown 178 20.5% 691 79.5% 869 R+59.0
Jackson 313 36.1% 553 63.9% 866 R+27.7
Nemaha 272 31.5% 591 68.5% 863 R+37.0
Labette 166 21.2% 617 78.8% 783 R+57.6
Crawford 265 35.6% 479 64.4% 744 R+28.8
Anderson 130 17.5% 612 82.5% 742 R+65.0
Marshall 228 30.7% 514 69.3% 742 R+38.5
Riley 130 18.1% 587 81.9% 717 R+63.7
Davis 256 40.8% 371 59.2% 627 R+18.3
Wilson 192 34.3% 368 65.7% 560 R+31.4
Osage 83 16.4% 422 83.6% 505 R+67.1
Saline 117 25.2% 348 74.8% 465 R+49.7
Greenwood 98 22.3% 341 77.7% 439 R+55.4
Wabaunsee 41 10.9% 333 88.3% 3 377 R+77.5
Woodson 81 23.5% 263 76.5% 344 R+52.9
Morris 172 52.6% 155 47.4% 327 D+5.2
Chase 71 22.6% 243 77.4% 314 R+54.8
Ellsworth 135 45.9% 159 54.1% 294 R+8.2
Dickinson 98 33.6% 194 66.4% 292 R+32.9
Washington 52 20.5% 202 79.5% 254 R+59.1
Ellis 171 71.5% 68 28.5% 239 D+43.1
Butler 93 40.8% 135 59.2% 228 R+18.4
Clay 21 10.7% 175 89.3% 196 R+78.6
Ottawa 0 0.0% 136 100.0% 136 R+100.0
Cloud 11 9.9% 100 90.1% 111 R+80.2
Marion 47 47.5% 52 52.5% 99 R+5.1
Republic 3 4.6% 62 95.4% 65 R+90.8

Counties as they stood in 1868; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Kansas in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+16.1
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+14.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+20.6
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+21.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+15.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+20.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+18.2
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+5.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+33.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.6
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+7.6
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+38.2
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+20.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+9.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.3
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+31.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+38.3
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+9.0
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+21.1
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+14.5
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+7.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.4
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+45.0
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+37.9
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+32.2
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.9
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+18.8
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+9.6
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+38.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+3.7
1892 James B. Weaver (other)
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+24.2
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+24.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+30.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+32.6
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+33.7
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+37.7