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2016 presidential election in Kansas

Donald Trump (Republican) beat Hillary Clinton (Democrat) in Kansas in 2016, 56.7% to 36.1%, a margin of 20.6 points and 244,013 votes.

Kansas voted 22.7 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+2.1.

The Republican hold continued from 2012, when Mitt Romney won.

Republicans led in 103 of the 105 counties and Democrats in 2. The largest, Johnson, cast 290,090 votes and went to the Republican by 2.6 points. The closest was Stanton, where 377 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
Donald Trump won Republican 671,018 56.7%
Hillary Clinton Democratic 427,005 36.1%
All other candidates 86,379 7.3%
Total1,184,402

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Johnson 129,852 44.8% 137,490 47.4% 22,748 290,090 R+2.6
Sedgwick 69,627 36.9% 104,353 55.3% 14,803 188,783 R+18.4
Shawnee 33,926 45.0% 35,934 47.7% 5,546 75,406 R+2.7
Douglas 31,195 62.3% 14,688 29.3% 4,204 50,087 D+33.0
Wyandotte 30,146 61.8% 15,806 32.4% 2,829 48,781 D+29.4
Leavenworth 10,209 33.7% 17,638 58.2% 2,454 30,301 R+24.5
Butler 6,573 23.8% 19,073 69.0% 2,011 27,657 R+45.2
Reno 6,837 28.2% 15,513 64.1% 1,860 24,210 R+35.8
Saline 6,317 28.6% 13,828 62.7% 1,919 22,064 R+34.0
Riley 9,341 43.4% 10,107 46.9% 2,084 21,532 R+3.6
Miami 3,991 26.6% 10,003 66.6% 1,028 15,022 R+40.0
Harvey 5,068 34.0% 8,668 58.1% 1,180 14,916 R+24.1
Crawford 5,199 34.9% 8,624 57.9% 1,068 14,891 R+23.0
McPherson 3,226 25.3% 8,549 67.1% 967 12,742 R+41.8
Cowley 3,551 28.1% 8,270 65.5% 800 12,621 R+37.4
Lyon 4,649 37.8% 6,552 53.3% 1,087 12,288 R+15.5
Montgomery 2,637 22.0% 8,679 72.3% 688 12,004 R+50.3
Ellis 2,742 23.0% 8,466 70.9% 739 11,947 R+47.9
Franklin 2,892 26.4% 7,185 65.5% 888 10,965 R+39.2
Pottawatomie 2,225 20.8% 7,612 71.2% 856 10,693 R+50.4
Barton 1,839 17.9% 7,888 76.8% 542 10,269 R+58.9
Finney 3,195 31.4% 6,350 62.5% 614 10,159 R+31.1
Sumner 2,076 21.4% 6,984 71.8% 662 9,722 R+50.5
Cherokee 2,005 23.3% 6,182 71.7% 433 8,620 R+48.5
Jefferson 2,518 30.2% 5,213 62.5% 606 8,337 R+32.3
Dickinson 1,609 19.6% 6,029 73.4% 572 8,210 R+53.8
Labette 2,291 28.3% 5,335 65.8% 481 8,107 R+37.5
Ford 2,149 27.8% 5,114 66.3% 455 7,718 R+38.4
Geary 2,722 36.3% 4,274 57.0% 508 7,504 R+20.7
Osage 1,753 24.9% 4,826 68.5% 467 7,046 R+43.6
Atchison 1,989 30.3% 4,049 61.6% 537 6,575 R+31.3
Neosho 1,501 23.8% 4,431 70.2% 382 6,314 R+46.4
Bourbon 1,336 21.9% 4,424 72.6% 333 6,093 R+50.7
Jackson 1,512 26.0% 3,939 67.7% 367 5,818 R+41.7
Marion 1,204 21.4% 4,003 71.2% 417 5,624 R+49.8
Allen 1,433 26.3% 3,651 66.9% 370 5,454 R+40.7
Nemaha 725 14.2% 4,124 80.5% 273 5,122 R+66.4
Seward 1,628 32.3% 3,159 62.7% 251 5,038 R+30.4
Marshall 1,072 22.9% 3,307 70.8% 294 4,673 R+47.8
Linn 736 16.6% 3,484 78.7% 207 4,427 R+62.1
Coffey 727 17.9% 3,050 75.0% 291 4,068 R+57.1
Brown 863 21.4% 2,906 72.0% 267 4,036 R+50.6
Cloud 761 19.4% 2,919 74.3% 250 3,930 R+54.9
Pratt 771 20.1% 2,838 73.9% 233 3,842 R+53.8
Clay 677 17.7% 2,891 75.7% 252 3,820 R+58.0
Rice 695 18.3% 2,837 74.6% 272 3,804 R+56.3
Wilson 594 16.5% 2,788 77.6% 209 3,591 R+61.1
Thomas 473 13.2% 2,908 81.3% 195 3,576 R+68.1
Wabaunsee 776 23.0% 2,372 70.2% 232 3,380 R+47.2
Doniphan 587 17.4% 2,606 77.1% 185 3,378 R+59.8
Anderson 672 20.1% 2,435 72.7% 243 3,350 R+52.6
Kingman 599 18.0% 2,530 75.9% 205 3,334 R+57.9
Russell 461 14.4% 2,574 80.6% 158 3,193 R+66.2
Mitchell 477 16.2% 2,308 78.5% 157 2,942 R+62.2
Ottawa 424 14.6% 2,283 78.6% 196 2,903 R+64.0
Greenwood 485 17.1% 2,160 76.1% 195 2,840 R+59.0
Washington 387 14.0% 2,194 79.3% 184 2,765 R+65.4
Ellsworth 521 19.4% 1,969 73.5% 189 2,679 R+54.1
Phillips 300 11.3% 2,233 83.8% 131 2,664 R+72.6
Pawnee 579 21.8% 1,904 71.6% 178 2,661 R+49.8
Morris 601 22.9% 1,820 69.4% 203 2,624 R+46.5
Sherman 347 13.3% 2,089 80.0% 176 2,612 R+66.7
Harper 393 15.2% 1,996 77.4% 189 2,578 R+62.2
Republic 375 14.8% 2,024 80.0% 130 2,529 R+65.2
Rooks 275 11.4% 2,031 84.0% 113 2,419 R+72.6
Grant 441 18.5% 1,804 75.5% 144 2,389 R+57.1
Barber 286 12.7% 1,850 82.1% 116 2,252 R+69.4
Norton 281 12.6% 1,840 82.4% 113 2,234 R+69.8
Scott 236 10.7% 1,865 84.7% 101 2,202 R+74.0
Gray 263 12.7% 1,698 82.2% 105 2,066 R+69.5
Smith 297 14.5% 1,661 81.3% 84 2,042 R+66.8
Stafford 304 16.0% 1,490 78.6% 102 1,896 R+62.6
Stevens 220 11.6% 1,599 84.6% 72 1,891 R+72.9
Osborne 233 13.0% 1,460 81.7% 95 1,788 R+68.6
Meade 210 12.2% 1,415 82.3% 95 1,720 R+70.1
Rush 233 15.5% 1,197 79.6% 73 1,503 R+64.1
Jewell 180 12.0% 1,223 81.9% 91 1,494 R+69.8
Trego 198 13.4% 1,227 82.8% 57 1,482 R+69.4
Chautauqua 197 13.3% 1,236 83.5% 48 1,481 R+70.2
Rawlins 163 11.1% 1,220 82.9% 89 1,472 R+71.8
Lincoln 215 14.7% 1,179 80.5% 70 1,464 R+65.8
Ness 162 11.1% 1,228 84.5% 64 1,454 R+73.3
Decatur 178 12.3% 1,210 83.3% 64 1,452 R+71.1
Woodson 273 18.9% 1,082 75.0% 88 1,443 R+56.1
Cheyenne 181 12.9% 1,173 83.4% 53 1,407 R+70.5
Sheridan 127 9.2% 1,197 87.1% 50 1,374 R+77.9
Chase 316 23.1% 969 70.8% 84 1,369 R+47.7
Logan 149 11.0% 1,132 83.4% 76 1,357 R+72.4
Haskell 245 18.1% 1,040 76.8% 69 1,354 R+58.7
Gove 149 11.1% 1,140 84.9% 54 1,343 R+73.8
Edwards 212 16.1% 1,037 78.6% 70 1,319 R+62.5
Kearny 174 13.2% 1,075 81.7% 67 1,316 R+68.5
Graham 188 14.6% 1,025 79.8% 71 1,284 R+65.2
Elk 160 12.7% 1,048 83.2% 51 1,259 R+70.5
Morton 147 12.3% 995 83.5% 50 1,192 R+71.1
Kiowa 114 10.6% 900 83.4% 65 1,079 R+72.8
Hodgeman 124 12.2% 855 84.1% 38 1,017 R+71.9
Clark 120 11.9% 825 82.1% 60 1,005 R+70.1
Wichita 140 14.6% 769 80.4% 47 956 R+65.8
Hamilton 121 13.8% 705 80.5% 50 876 R+66.7
Lane 106 12.2% 718 82.4% 47 871 R+70.3
Comanche 102 11.8% 715 82.5% 50 867 R+70.7
Wallace 46 5.8% 721 90.4% 31 798 R+84.6
Greeley 83 12.8% 534 82.2% 33 650 R+69.4
Stanton 115 18.1% 492 77.2% 30 637 R+59.2

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