- Lead
- 9,293
- Total
- 26,940
- vs nation
- R+33.0
Hutchinson, KS
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
- Lead
- 9,557
- Total
- 27,941
- vs nation
- R+38.7
- Lead
- 8,676
- Total
- 24,536
- vs nation
- R+37.5
- Lead
- 7,633
- Total
- 24,422
- vs nation
- R+35.1
- Lead
- 6,196
- Total
- 26,512
- vs nation
- R+30.6
- Lead
- 8,634
- Total
- 27,324
- vs nation
- R+29.1
- Lead
- 6,154
- Total
- 25,430
- vs nation
- R+24.7
- Lead
- 5,167
- Total
- 26,300
- vs nation
- R+28.2
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+34.5MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 61,5532024 5-year
- Population density
- 49 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 1,255 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $60,6452024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 10.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+25.5 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.5 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Lewistown, PA · twin score 86.0
presidential history
Party record book
Hutchinson, KS · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 · 34 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
62.3%
14,936 votes · D+25.5
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936 · 62.0%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
76.3%
12,872 votes · R+53.5
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · 69.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
14,936votes
62.3% of the vote · D+25.5
Runner-up · Jimmy Carter, 1976 · 14,620 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
18,443votes
66.0% of the vote · R+34.2
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 17,847 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Jimmy Carter1976
+10.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+12.9 · U.S. D+2.1
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · +2.9 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+51.7pts R vs U.S.
Place R+50.0 · U.S. D+1.7
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · +38.7 pts
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 28.6%7,530 | 71.4%18,781 | 26,311 |
| 2020 | R | 32.5%8,968 | 67.5%18,626 | 27,594 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 1.2 points.
43,118 registered voters · 2025
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+272 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −2,007 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −129 |
| 2012 | −227 |
| 2013 | −98 |
| 2014 | −339 |
| 2015 | −142 |
| 2016 | −412 |
| 2017 | −500 |
| 2018 | −315 |
| 2019 | −340 |
| 2021 | −165 |
| 2022 | +259 |
| 2023 | +38 |
| 2024 | +91 |
| 2025 | +272 |
Hutchinson sits at the intersection of wheat agriculture and salt-mining heritage, giving Reno County a working-class rural economic profile that has tracked reliably Republican in federal races by 30-plus-point margins over the past decade.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 53.5 points in 1928. The 2024 margin was 34.5 points.
A population of 61,553, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $60,645 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Lewistown, PA and Salina, KS.
The metros whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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