United States presidential elections in Kansas

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Kansas, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1861, Kansas has participated in every U.S. presidential election. As of 2020, Kansas has the longest streak of being decided by more than a 5% margin in presidential elections, with the last race this close being in 1896.

Presidential elections in Kansas
Map of the United States with Kansas highlighted
Number of elections40
Voted Democratic6
Voted Republican33
Voted other1[lower-alpha 1]
Voted for winning candidate27
Voted for losing candidate13

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Year Winner (nationally) Votes Percent Runner-up (nationally) Votes Percent Other national
candidates[lower-alpha 2]		 Votes Percent Electoral
Votes		 Notes
2020[1]Joe Biden570,32341.56Donald Trump771,40656.21—6
2016[2]Donald Trump[lower-alpha 3]671,01856.16Hillary Clinton427,00535.74—6
2012[3]Barack Obama440,72637.99Mitt Romney692,63459.71—6
2008[4]Barack Obama514,76541.55John McCain699,65556.61—6
2004[5]George W. Bush736,45662.00John Kerry434,99336.62—6
2000[6]George W. Bush[lower-alpha 3]622,33258.04Al Gore399,27637.24—6
1996[7]Bill Clinton387,65936.08Bob Dole583,24554.29Ross Perot92,6398.626
1992Bill Clinton390,43433.74George H. W. Bush449,95138.88Ross Perot312,35826.996
1988George H. W. Bush554,04955.79Michael Dukakis422,63642.56—7
1984Ronald Reagan677,29666.27Walter Mondale333,14932.60—7
1980Ronald Reagan566,81257.85Jimmy Carter326,15033.29John B. Anderson68,2316.967
1976Jimmy Carter430,42144.94Gerald Ford502,75252.49—7
1972Richard Nixon619,81267.66George McGovern270,28729.50—7
1968Richard Nixon478,67454.84Hubert Humphrey302,99634.72George Wallace88,92110.197
1964Lyndon B. Johnson464,02854.09Barry Goldwater386,57945.06—7
1960John F. Kennedy363,21339.10Richard Nixon561,47460.45—8
1956Dwight D. Eisenhower566,87865.44Adlai Stevenson II296,31734.21T. Coleman Andrews/
Unpledged Electors[lower-alpha 4]		——8
1952Dwight D. Eisenhower616,30268.77Adlai Stevenson II273,29630.50-8
1948Harry S. Truman351,90244.61Thomas E. Dewey423,03953.63Strom Thurmond——8
1944Franklin D. Roosevelt287,45839.18Thomas E. Dewey442,09660.25—8
1940Franklin D. Roosevelt364,72542.40Wendell Willkie489,16956.86—9
1936Franklin D. Roosevelt464,52053.67Alf Landon397,72745.95—9
1932Franklin D. Roosevelt424,20453.56Herbert Hoover349,49844.13—9
1928Herbert Hoover513,67272.02Al Smith193,00327.06—10
1924Calvin Coolidge407,67161.54John W. Davis156,31923.60Robert M. La Follette98,46114.8610
1920Warren G. Harding369,26864.75James M. Cox185,46432.52Parley P. Christensen——10
1916Woodrow Wilson314,58849.95Charles E. Hughes277,65844.09—10
1912Woodrow Wilson143,66339.30Theodore Roosevelt120,21032.88William H. Taft74,84520.4710
1908William H. Taft197,21652.46William Jennings Bryan161,20942.88—10
1904Theodore Roosevelt212,95564.81Alton B. Parker86,17426.23—10
1900William McKinley185,95552.56William Jennings Bryan162,60145.96—10
1896William McKinley159,34547.63William Jennings Bryan171,67551.32—10
1892Grover Clevelandno ballotsBenjamin Harrison157,24148.40James B. Weaver163,11150.2010
1888Benjamin Harrison[lower-alpha 3]182,90455.23Grover Cleveland102,74531.03—9
1884Grover Cleveland90,13233.90James G. Blaine154,40658.08—9
1880James A. Garfield121,54960.40Winfield S. Hancock59,80129.72James B. Weaver19,8519.865
1876Rutherford B. Hayes[lower-alpha 3]78,32463.10Samuel J. Tilden37,90230.53—5
1872Ulysses S. Grant66,80566.46Horace Greeley32,97032.80—5
1868Ulysses S. Grant30,02768.8Horatio Seymour13,60031.2—3
1864Abraham Lincoln17,08981.7George B. McClellan3,83618.3—3

See also

Notes
  1. James B. Weaver, 1892.
  2. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
  3. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
  4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References
  1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
  2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
  3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
  4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
  5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
  6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
  7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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