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Election 2012 Results

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2012 presidential election in Kansas

Mitt Romney (Republican) beat Barack Obama (Democrat) in Kansas in 2012, 59.7% to 38.0%, a margin of 21.7 points and 251,908 votes.

Kansas voted 25.6 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.9.

The Republican hold continued from 2008, when John McCain won.

Republicans led in 103 of the 105 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Johnson, cast 274,365 votes and went to the Republican by 17.4 points. The closest was Greeley, where 430 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
Mitt Romney won Republican 692,634 59.7%
Barack Obama Democratic 440,726 38.0%
All other candidates 26,611 2.3%
Total1,159,971

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Johnson 110,526 40.3% 158,401 57.7% 5,438 274,365 R+17.4
Sedgwick 71,977 39.4% 106,506 58.2% 4,412 182,895 R+18.9
Shawnee 36,975 48.3% 37,782 49.4% 1,751 76,508 R+1.1
Wyandotte 34,302 67.6% 15,496 30.5% 940 50,738 D+37.1
Douglas 29,267 60.8% 17,401 36.1% 1,477 48,145 D+24.6
Leavenworth 11,357 39.0% 17,059 58.7% 669 29,085 R+19.6
Butler 7,282 27.9% 18,157 69.6% 646 26,085 R+41.7
Reno 8,085 33.1% 15,718 64.4% 619 24,422 R+31.3
Saline 7,040 32.8% 13,840 64.4% 616 21,496 R+31.6
Riley 8,977 42.5% 11,507 54.5% 617 21,101 R+12.0
Crawford 6,826 45.7% 7,708 51.6% 411 14,945 R+5.9
Miami 4,712 31.7% 9,858 66.4% 286 14,856 R+34.6
Harvey 5,373 37.6% 8,588 60.1% 333 14,294 R+22.5
Cowley 4,319 34.0% 8,081 63.6% 310 12,710 R+29.6
Montgomery 3,501 28.2% 8,630 69.5% 286 12,417 R+41.3
McPherson 3,449 28.0% 8,545 69.5% 303 12,297 R+41.4
Lyon 5,111 43.0% 6,470 54.5% 294 11,875 R+11.4
Ellis 3,057 26.1% 8,399 71.7% 258 11,714 R+45.6
Franklin 3,694 33.6% 6,984 63.5% 312 10,990 R+29.9
Barton 2,297 22.2% 7,874 76.1% 170 10,341 R+53.9
Pottawatomie 2,335 24.6% 6,804 71.8% 340 9,479 R+47.1
Sumner 2,658 29.1% 6,260 68.5% 223 9,141 R+39.4
Finney 2,682 29.5% 6,219 68.5% 183 9,084 R+38.9
Cherokee 2,930 34.2% 5,456 63.7% 185 8,571 R+29.5
Ford 2,600 31.1% 5,602 67.0% 160 8,362 R+35.9
Dickinson 2,020 25.1% 5,832 72.5% 190 8,042 R+47.4
Labette 3,117 38.8% 4,742 59.0% 178 8,037 R+20.2
Jefferson 2,977 37.2% 4,827 60.2% 209 8,013 R+23.1
Geary 3,332 42.5% 4,372 55.7% 141 7,845 R+13.3
Osage 2,268 32.8% 4,427 64.1% 211 6,906 R+31.3
Atchison 2,567 38.5% 3,917 58.7% 190 6,674 R+20.2
Neosho 2,050 31.6% 4,272 65.9% 158 6,480 R+34.3
Bourbon 1,996 31.9% 4,102 65.6% 156 6,254 R+33.7
Jackson 1,901 34.2% 3,527 63.4% 133 5,561 R+29.2
Marion 1,385 25.6% 3,889 71.9% 135 5,409 R+46.3
Allen 1,869 35.2% 3,316 62.4% 125 5,310 R+27.3
Seward 1,490 28.8% 3,617 69.9% 69 5,176 R+41.1
Nemaha 1,000 19.9% 3,930 78.2% 96 5,026 R+58.3
Marshall 1,469 30.8% 3,195 66.9% 109 4,773 R+36.2
Linn 1,170 26.2% 3,177 71.1% 120 4,467 R+44.9
Cloud 974 24.0% 2,954 72.8% 130 4,058 R+48.8
Brown 1,076 26.9% 2,829 70.8% 88 3,993 R+43.9
Coffey 898 23.0% 2,903 74.3% 105 3,906 R+51.3
Pratt 980 25.8% 2,771 72.9% 50 3,801 R+47.1
Wilson 818 22.0% 2,825 76.0% 74 3,717 R+54.0
Clay 834 22.6% 2,788 75.6% 64 3,686 R+53.0
Rice 911 24.7% 2,676 72.7% 94 3,681 R+47.9
Thomas 598 17.2% 2,788 80.3% 88 3,474 R+63.0
Doniphan 902 26.5% 2,414 70.9% 87 3,403 R+44.4
Anderson 944 28.5% 2,276 68.7% 95 3,315 R+40.2
Wabaunsee 918 28.1% 2,256 69.1% 93 3,267 R+41.0
Kingman 733 22.7% 2,397 74.2% 101 3,231 R+51.5
Russell 593 18.5% 2,553 79.8% 54 3,200 R+61.3
Mitchell 584 19.7% 2,327 78.5% 54 2,965 R+58.8
Ottawa 558 19.0% 2,295 78.2% 80 2,933 R+59.2
Washington 524 18.1% 2,316 80.2% 49 2,889 R+62.0
Ellsworth 702 25.9% 1,930 71.2% 80 2,712 R+45.3
Republic 477 17.8% 2,134 79.4% 75 2,686 R+61.7
Sherman 577 22.0% 1,976 75.3% 70 2,623 R+53.3
Pawnee 718 27.5% 1,836 70.4% 54 2,608 R+42.9
Phillips 382 14.9% 2,135 83.2% 48 2,565 R+68.3
Morris 718 28.0% 1,773 69.2% 71 2,562 R+41.2
Rooks 361 14.7% 2,038 82.8% 61 2,460 R+68.2
Harper 550 23.0% 1,759 73.6% 80 2,389 R+50.6
Norton 398 17.1% 1,878 80.8% 49 2,325 R+63.7
Barber 482 20.8% 1,772 76.6% 60 2,314 R+55.7
Grant 456 19.8% 1,811 78.5% 39 2,306 R+58.8
Greenwood 478 22.5% 1,590 74.9% 55 2,123 R+52.4
Scott 277 13.5% 1,728 84.2% 47 2,052 R+70.7
Stevens 252 12.4% 1,749 86.0% 33 2,034 R+73.6
Smith 358 17.7% 1,624 80.3% 41 2,023 R+62.6
Gray 324 16.5% 1,603 81.9% 31 1,958 R+65.3
Stafford 404 22.0% 1,385 75.3% 50 1,839 R+53.3
Osborne 324 17.6% 1,479 80.5% 35 1,838 R+62.8
Meade 258 15.1% 1,428 83.6% 23 1,709 R+68.5
Chautauqua 280 17.2% 1,304 80.0% 46 1,630 R+62.8
Trego 291 18.4% 1,261 79.9% 27 1,579 R+61.4
Rush 367 23.4% 1,166 74.3% 37 1,570 R+50.9
Decatur 266 17.4% 1,218 79.5% 48 1,532 R+62.1
Jewell 229 15.3% 1,235 82.5% 33 1,497 R+67.2
Lincoln 289 19.5% 1,165 78.6% 29 1,483 R+59.1
Woodson 380 26.3% 1,035 71.5% 32 1,447 R+45.3
Ness 218 15.1% 1,209 83.7% 17 1,444 R+68.6
Rawlins 190 13.2% 1,223 84.7% 31 1,444 R+71.5
Cheyenne 233 16.3% 1,159 81.3% 34 1,426 R+64.9
Haskell 215 15.4% 1,159 83.0% 22 1,396 R+67.6
Kearny 268 19.3% 1,097 79.1% 21 1,386 R+59.8
Edwards 298 21.5% 1,059 76.5% 28 1,385 R+54.9
Gove 176 12.7% 1,168 84.5% 39 1,383 R+71.7
Elk 281 20.5% 1,049 76.6% 39 1,369 R+56.1
Logan 197 14.6% 1,126 83.4% 27 1,350 R+68.8
Sheridan 168 12.5% 1,154 86.0% 20 1,342 R+73.5
Graham 256 19.1% 1,056 78.8% 28 1,340 R+59.7
Morton 189 14.8% 1,072 83.9% 17 1,278 R+69.1
Chase 358 28.2% 875 68.8% 38 1,271 R+40.7
Kiowa 163 14.2% 976 85.3% 5 1,144 R+71.1
Hodgeman 179 16.9% 868 81.9% 13 1,060 R+65.0
Clark 174 17.1% 805 79.2% 38 1,017 R+62.0
Wichita 157 15.9% 821 83.2% 9 987 R+67.3
Comanche 143 15.4% 767 82.7% 18 928 R+67.2
Lane 172 18.5% 739 79.6% 17 928 R+61.1
Hamilton 163 18.6% 693 79.0% 21 877 R+60.4
Wallace 68 8.5% 719 90.1% 11 798 R+81.6
Stanton 143 18.8% 605 79.7% 11 759 R+60.9
Greeley 113 16.9% 543 81.0% 14 670 R+64.2

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