Election 1880 Results
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1880 presidential election in Kansas
James A. Garfield (Republican) beat Winfield Scott Hancock (Democrat) in Kansas in 1880, 60.4% to 29.7%, a margin of 30.7 points and 61,748 votes.
Kansas voted 30.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+0.1.
The Republican hold continued from 1876, when Rutherford B. Hayes won.
Republicans led in 79 of the 79 counties as they stood then. The largest, Shawnee, cast 6,074 votes and went to the Republican by 47.0 points. The closest was Sheridan, where 29 votes separated the two parties.
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
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| James A. Garfield won | Republican | 121,549 | 60.4% |
| Winfield Scott Hancock | Democratic | 59,801 | 29.7% |
| James B. Weaver | Greenback | 19,851 | 9.9% |
| All other candidates | 25 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 201,226 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawnee | 1,548 25.5% | 4,403 72.5% | 123 | 6,074 | R+47.0 |
| Leavenworth | 2,489 42.6% | 3,188 54.5% | 171 | 5,848 | R+12.0 |
| Atchison | 2,132 42.3% | 2,834 56.3% | 71 | 5,037 | R+13.9 |
| Cherokee | 1,681 34.2% | 2,374 48.3% | 856 | 4,911 | R+14.1 |
| Douglas | 1,463 30.8% | 3,048 64.1% | 246 | 4,757 | R+33.3 |
| Labette | 1,462 31.8% | 2,721 59.1% | 421 | 4,604 | R+27.3 |
| Osage | 907 20.6% | 2,704 61.4% | 793 | 4,404 | R+40.8 |
| Wyandotte | 1,733 39.6% | 2,410 55.0% | 236 | 4,379 | R+15.5 |
| Cowley | 1,557 35.6% | 2,630 60.1% | 190 | 4,377 | R+24.5 |
| Sumner | 1,419 35.3% | 2,073 51.6% | 529 | 4,021 | R+16.3 |
| Sedgwick | 1,354 33.8% | 2,288 57.1% | 364 | 4,006 | R+23.3 |
| Butler | 1,119 28.3% | 2,398 60.7% | 433 | 3,950 | R+32.4 |
| Bourbon | 1,161 30.2% | 2,320 60.3% | 364 | 3,845 | R+30.1 |
| Miami | 1,324 35.0% | 2,010 53.1% | 454 | 3,788 | R+18.1 |
| Montgomery | 1,294 34.4% | 1,773 47.2% | 693 | 3,760 | R+12.7 |
| Franklin | 728 19.5% | 2,108 56.5% | 898 | 3,734 | R+37.0 |
| Crawford | 1,356 36.5% | 1,902 51.2% | 457 | 3,715 | R+14.7 |
| Marshall | 997 26.9% | 2,276 61.5% | 427 | 3,700 | R+34.6 |
| Johnson | 1,182 32.2% | 2,132 58.0% | 360 | 3,674 | R+25.9 |
| Lyon | 869 23.7% | 2,398 65.4% | 402 | 3,669 | R+41.7 |
| Pottawatomie | 1,179 33.3% | 2,138 60.4% | 224 | 3,541 | R+27.1 |
| Jewell | 883 25.4% | 2,199 63.2% | 399 | 3,481 | R+37.8 |
| Jefferson | 1,397 40.4% | 1,976 57.2% | 81 | 3,454 | R+16.8 |
| McPherson | 564 16.9% | 2,225 66.7% | 545 | 3,334 | R+49.8 |
| Linn | 745 22.5% | 1,990 60.1% | 577 | 3,312 | R+37.6 |
| Doniphan | 1,143 35.1% | 2,067 63.4% | 51 | 3,261 | R+28.3 |
| Dickinson | 886 28.3% | 1,954 62.4% | 292 | 3,132 | R+34.1 |
| Cloud | 888 28.5% | 2,156 69.3% | 69 | 3,113 | R+40.7 |
| Washington | 827 27.4% | 1,957 64.9% | 230 | 3,014 | R+37.5 |
| Saline | 838 29.1% | 1,950 67.6% | 95 | 2,883 | R+38.6 |
| Neosho | 948 32.9% | 1,471 51.1% | 461 | 2,880 | R+18.2 |
| Wilson | 722 25.1% | 1,627 56.6% | 527 | 2,876 | R+31.5 |
| Brown | 896 31.4% | 1,850 64.8% | 111 | 2,857 | R+33.4 |
| Mitchell | 797 28.9% | 1,728 62.6% | 235 | 2,760 | R+33.7 |
| Nemaha | 934 34.7% | 1,755 65.1% | 5 | 2,694 | R+30.5 |
| Republic | 661 24.6% | 1,875 69.8% | 151 | 2,687 | R+45.2 |
| Clay | 531 19.9% | 1,765 66.2% | 369 | 2,665 | R+46.3 |
| Coffey | 851 34.6% | 1,422 57.8% | 189 | 2,462 | R+23.2 |
| Smith | 517 21.1% | 1,524 62.3% | 406 | 2,447 | R+41.2 |
| Allen | 803 33.1% | 1,576 65.0% | 44 | 2,423 | R+31.9 |
| Jackson | 853 36.0% | 1,504 63.4% | 14 | 2,371 | R+27.5 |
| Greenwood | 667 28.7% | 1,311 56.4% | 347 | 2,325 | R+27.7 |
| Chautauqua | 655 28.4% | 1,321 57.2% | 333 | 2,309 | R+28.8 |
| Ottawa | 524 22.8% | 1,443 62.7% | 333 | 2,300 | R+40.0 |
| Harvey | 585 25.7% | 1,554 68.3% | 136 | 2,275 | R+42.6 |
| Elk | 458 20.6% | 1,274 57.4% | 486 | 2,218 | R+36.8 |
| Riley | 376 17.0% | 1,484 67.2% | 347 | 2,207 | R+50.2 |
| Reno | 536 24.7% | 1,384 63.7% | 252 | 2,172 | R+39.0 |
| Osborne | 589 28.1% | 1,446 69.0% | 61 | 2,096 | R+40.9 |
| Marion | 539 26.3% | 1,239 60.5% | 271 | 2,049 | R+34.2 |
| Phillips | 553 27.2% | 1,261 62.0% | 221 | 2,035 | R+34.8 |
| Morris | 550 27.4% | 1,281 63.7% | 179 | 2,010 | R+36.4 |
| Anderson | 497 24.9% | 1,127 56.5% | 370 | 1,994 | R+31.6 |
| Barton | 714 36.7% | 1,172 60.2% | 62 | 1,948 | R+23.5 |
| Rice | 496 25.8% | 1,108 57.6% | 318 | 1,922 | R+31.8 |
| Wabaunsee | 510 27.9% | 1,279 70.0% | 39 | 1,828 | R+42.1 |
| Ellsworth | 483 30.3% | 1,077 67.7% | 32 | 1,592 | R+37.3 |
| Lincoln | 419 27.4% | 957 62.5% | 154 | 1,530 | R+35.2 |
| Rooks | 338 23.0% | 805 54.8% | 326 | 1,469 | R+31.8 |
| Chase | 324 22.4% | 716 49.4% | 409 | 1,449 | R+27.1 |
| Davis | 399 27.8% | 702 48.9% | 335 | 1,436 | R+21.1 |
| Russell | 317 23.3% | 932 68.6% | 110 | 1,359 | R+45.3 |
| Woodson | 437 32.5% | 898 66.8% | 9 | 1,344 | R+34.3 |
| Norton | 337 26.0% | 761 58.7% | 198 | 1,296 | R+32.7 |
| Ellis | 420 36.4% | 680 58.9% | 54 | 1,154 | R+22.5 |
| Harper | 294 29.1% | 546 54.1% | 170 | 1,010 | R+25.0 |
| Pawnee | 235 24.8% | 697 73.4% | 17 | 949 | R+48.7 |
| Graham | 104 12.9% | 494 61.1% | 210 | 808 | R+48.3 |
| Rush | 238 29.5% | 542 67.1% | 28 | 808 | R+37.6 |
| Stafford | 192 24.6% | 530 67.8% | 60 | 782 | R+43.2 |
| Kingman | 200 27.7% | 436 60.5% | 85 | 721 | R+32.7 |
| Ford | 288 43.8% | 370 56.2% | 658 | R+12.5 | |
| Decatur | 163 32.7% | 307 61.6% | 28 | 498 | R+28.9 |
| Trego | 107 22.9% | 332 71.1% | 28 | 467 | R+48.2 |
| Ness | 129 29.1% | 315 70.9% | 444 | R+41.9 | |
| Edwards | 102 24.6% | 313 75.4% | 415 | R+50.8 | |
| Pratt | 97 29.7% | 196 59.9% | 34 | 327 | R+30.3 |
| Hodgeman | 52 21.6% | 176 73.0% | 13 | 241 | R+51.5 |
| Sheridan | 52 24.9% | 93 44.5% | 64 | 209 | R+19.6 |
Counties as they stood in 1880; 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
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |