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Liberal, KS

Contests in this Place (9 available)

President6 · 2004–2024 · 4 mapped

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President margin by year

Place winner margin

2004–2024 · D minus R

Full record · 2004 → 2024

2024

Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab

The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.

People and households

Who lives here

Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.

Race · ethnicity · ancestry

Communities and origins

Mexican58.1%10.4%11.3%

Guatemalan9.3%0.4%0.5%

Puerto Rican0.2%0.6%1.8%

Cuban0.2%0.2%0.7%

Dominican0.2%—0.7%

Honduran0.2%0.2%0.3%

Salvadoran0.2%0.3%0.7%

German8.9%23.3%12.5%

American5.8%5.6%5.3%

English3.9%12.4%9.5%

Irish3.2%11.3%9.4%

Dutch1.4%——

Scottish0.6%1.9%1.3%

Italian0.5%2.0%4.8%

French0.4%1.8%1.6%

African American†3.7%4.3%9.9%

Vietnamese1.2%0.5%0.6%

Laotian0.8%——

Cambodian0.2%——

Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.

Age and life stage

Measure	Liberal	Kansas	United States
Median age	30.6	37.5	39.1
Age 18–24	11.3%	10.2%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	10.3%	16.9%	17.2%

Household economy

Measure	Liberal	Kansas	United States
Median household income	$63,706	$74,275	$84,427
Poverty rate	13.1%	11.3%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	9.8%	35.6%	35.6%

Housing and tenure

Measure	Liberal	Kansas	United States
Owner-occupied homes	59.4%	67.2%	65.2%
Renter-occupied homes	40.6%	32.8%	34.8%
Median home value	$137,100	$217,200	$332,700
Median gross rent (monthly)	$900	$1,060	$1,413
Renters paying 30%+ of income	34.3%	43.5%	51.1%
Vacant housing units	12.2%	9.2%	10.1%

Getting to work

Measure	Liberal	Kansas	United States
Mean commute	14.3 min	19.7 min	26.4 min
Commutes 60 minutes or more	3.2%	3.7%	8.6%
Drives alone to work	79.8%	75.4%	68.8%
Takes public transit	0.0%	0.4%	3.2%
Works from home	3.4%	11.8%	15.1%

Languages at home

Measure	Liberal	Kansas	United States
Speaks a non-English language at home	63.1%	12.2%	22.3%
Spanish	59.5%	8.1%	13.6%
Vietnamese	1.2%	0.4%	0.5%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	1.0%	0.8%	1.1%
Other languages	1.2%	0.5%	0.8%

Religious landscape

Measure	Liberal	Kansas	United States
Catholic	—	14.1%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	—	17.0%	16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted	—	54.0%	51.5%

Origins and service

Measure	Liberal	Kansas	United States
Foreign-born residents	29.3%	7.4%	14.1%
Naturalized citizens	13.2%	3.2%	7.4%
Not U.S. citizens	16.2%	4.2%	6.8%
Veterans (18+)	1.9%	6.8%	6.2%
Income inequality (Gini)	0.403	0.457	0.483

American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations · American Community Survey 2024 — housing and tenure (B25003, B25002, B25077, B25064, B25070), commuting (B08013, B08303, B08301), origins and service (B05002, B21001, B19083).

President results by year

Vote totals, margins, and source status

HarrisDemocratic32.4%1,259TrumpRepublican65.7%2,558OtherAll other candidates1.9%74

R+33.4

Lead: 1,299
Total: 3,891
vs nation: R+31.9

BidenDemocratic37.3%1,693TrumpRepublican61.0%2,767OtherAll other candidates1.7%79

R+23.7

Lead: 1,074
Total: 4,539
vs nation: R+28.1

ClintonDemocratic34.9%1,508TrumpRepublican60.0%2,587OtherAll other candidates5.1%220

R+25.0

Lead: 1,079
Total: 4,315
vs nation: R+27.1

ObamaDemocratic31.1%1,377RomneyRepublican67.6%2,994OtherAll other candidates1.4%61

R+36.5

Lead: 1,617
Total: 4,432
vs nation: R+40.3

ObamaDemocratic29.4%1,358McCainRepublican68.6%3,165OtherAll other candidates2.0%94

R+39.1

Lead: 1,807
Total: 4,617
vs nation: R+46.4

KerryDemocratic21.8%995BushRepublican77.9%3,557OtherAll other candidates0.3%12

R+56.1

Lead: 2,562
Total: 4,564
vs nation: R+53.7

Key facts

2024 presidential margin: R+33.4MIT Election Lab
Population: 19,3162024 5-year
Population density: 1,694 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area: 11.4 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income: $63,7062024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic): 23.5%2024 5-year
Black: 2.9%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino: 68.6%2024 5-year
Peak Republican margin: R+56.1 in 2004MIT Election Lab
Most similar: Hereford, TX · twin score 97.4

Participation

Turnout and midterm durability

Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes. Cycles before 2016 predate that series and are derived from the certified presidential returns instead; they are marked everywhere they appear and are excluded from the figures below.

2004–20248 cycles · 5 audited

2024 turnout: 38.1%3,923 participants ÷ 10,288 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off: +20.8 ptsPersistently low turnout
Drop-off vs state: +1.9 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026: 17.3%–22.4%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast

Participation by cycle

Presidential Midterm Derived, pre-2016

33.4%

26.1%

Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.

Cycle	Participants	CVAP	Turnout	Series	Quality
	3,923	10,288 ± 622	38.1%	Audited	E/A
2022Mid	2,576	9,869 ± 611	26.1%	Audited	E/A
	4,576	9,755 ± 563	46.9%	Audited	E/A
2018Mid	3,337	10,003 ± 470	33.4%	Audited	E/A
	4,480	10,172 ± 489	44.0%	Audited	E/A
	4,432	9,630	46.0%	Derived	—
	4,617	9,501	48.6%	Derived	—
	4,564	9,372 extrapolated	48.7%	Derived	—

Sources and methods

Audited cycles (2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024) count total general-election participants against the same-year CVAP special tabulation, each cell carrying its own numerator and denominator quality grade. Derived cycles (2004, 2008, 2012) come from the certified presidential returns on this page over the ACS 5-year CVAP series, so they measure presidential votes cast rather than ballots — a floor on participation. Where a derived cycle predates the ACS its denominator is extrapolated rather than read, and says so on its own line below. They are shown for the longer arc and are excluded from the drop-off, excess-drop-off, and 2026 scenario figures above.

2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
2018: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 320/139.
2016: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 319/133.
2012 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2008 (derived): Certified presidential returns · ACS 5-year CVAP (B05003); presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count.
2004 (derived): Certified presidential returns · extrapolated CVAP denominator; presidential votes cast — a floor on participation, not a ballot count; 2004 predates the ACS, so the denominator is a linear back-extrapolation from the 2008 and 2012 CVAP values, not a read figure.

presidential history

Party record book

Liberal, KS · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.

2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles

Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.

Democratic

Joe Biden2020

37.3%

1,693 votes · R+23.7

Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 34.9%

Republican

George W. Bush2004

77.9%

3,557 votes · R+56.1

Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 68.6%

Most votes

Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.

Democratic

Joe Biden2020

1,693votes

37.3% of the vote · R+23.7

Runner-up · Hillary Clinton, 2016 · 1,508 votes

Republican

George W. Bush2004

3,557votes

77.9% of the vote · R+56.1

Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · 3,165 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

Hillary Clinton2016

−27.1pts D vs U.S.

Place R+25.0 · U.S. D+2.1

Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · −28.1 pts

Republican

George W. Bush2004

+53.7pts R vs U.S.

Place R+56.1 · U.S. R+2.5

Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · +46.4 pts

U.S. House elections · 2 House

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.

Source · Akashic actual-race rollup from certified returns, House; geographic aggregation.
Year	Vote lead	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	30.1%1,119	69.9%2,599	3,718
2020	R	38.1%1,673	61.9%2,722	4,395

Liberal's beef-processing economy has drawn a large Latino workforce, pushing the Hispanic share of the population well above the state average and creating demographic dynamics that diverge sharply from the surrounding rural Kansas baseline.

Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 56.1 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 9.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 33.4 points.

A population of 19,316, a 24% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,706 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Hereford and Rosamond.

Political twins — cities

The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.

Hereford

Texas

97.4twin score

% Latinocollege share2008–2012 trajectory

Rosamond

California

96.7twin score

median agecollege share2008–2012 trajectory≠ % Latino

Plainview

Texas

95.4twin score

% Latino2008–2012 trajectorycollege share

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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Frequently asked questions

How did Liberal, Kansas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Liberal, Kansas voted Republican by 33.4 points (R+33.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,891 votes cast, 1,259 went Democratic and 2,558 went Republican.

How many people live in Liberal, Kansas?

Liberal, Kansas has a population of 19,316 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Liberal, Kansas?

Median household income in Liberal, Kansas is $63,706 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.

What is the political history of Liberal, Kansas?

Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Liberal, Kansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.

Measure

Liberal

Kansas

United States

Median age

30.6

37.5

39.1

Age 18–24

11.3%

10.2%

9.2%

Age 65 and older

10.3%

16.9%

17.2%

Measure

Liberal

Kansas

United States

Median household income

$63,706

$74,275

$84,427

Poverty rate

13.1%

11.3%

12.5%

Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)

9.8%

35.6%

Measure

Liberal

Kansas

United States

Owner-occupied homes

59.4%

67.2%

65.2%

Renter-occupied homes

40.6%

32.8%

34.8%

Median home value

$137,100

$217,200

$332,700

Median gross rent (monthly)

$900

$1,060

$1,413

Renters paying 30%+ of income

34.3%

43.5%

51.1%

Vacant housing units

12.2%

9.2%

10.1%

Measure

Liberal

Kansas

United States

Mean commute

14.3 min

19.7 min

26.4 min

Commutes 60 minutes or more

3.2%

3.7%

8.6%

Drives alone to work

79.8%

75.4%

68.8%

Takes public transit

0.0%

0.4%

3.2%

Works from home

3.4%

11.8%

15.1%

Measure

Liberal

Kansas

United States

Speaks a non-English language at home

63.1%

12.2%

22.3%

Spanish

59.5%

8.1%

13.6%

Vietnamese

1.2%

0.4%

0.5%

Other Asian & Pacific Island

1.0%

0.8%

1.1%

Other languages

1.2%

0.5%

0.8%

Measure

Liberal

Kansas

United States

Catholic

—

14.1%

18.6%

Evangelical Protestant

—

17.0%

16.5%

Unclaimed / not counted

—

54.0%

51.5%

Measure

Liberal

Kansas

United States

Foreign-born residents

29.3%

7.4%

14.1%

Naturalized citizens

13.2%

3.2%

7.4%

Not U.S. citizens

16.2%

4.2%

6.8%

Veterans (18+)

1.9%

6.8%

6.2%

Income inequality (Gini)

0.403

0.457

0.483

Key facts

2024 presidential margin

R+33.4MIT Election Lab

Population

19,3162024 5-year

Population density

1,694 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line

Land area

11.4 sq miTIGER/Line

Median household income

$63,7062024 5-year

White (non-Hispanic)

23.5%2024 5-year

Black

2.9%2024 5-year

Hispanic / Latino

68.6%2024 5-year

Peak Republican margin

R+56.1 in 2004MIT Election Lab

Most similar

Hereford, TX · twin score 97.4

Turnout and midterm durability

2004–20248 cycles · 5 audited

Cycle

Participants

CVAP

Turnout

Series

Quality

3,923

10,288 ± 622

38.1%

Audited

E/A

2022Mid

2,576

9,869 ± 611

26.1%

Audited

E/A

4,576

9,755 ± 563

46.9%

Audited

E/A

2018Mid

3,337

10,003 ± 470

33.4%

Audited

E/A

4,480

10,172 ± 489

44.0%

Audited

E/A

4,432

9,630

46.0%

Derived

—

4,617

9,501

48.6%

Derived

—

4,564

9,372 extrapolated

48.7%

Derived

—

Source · Akashic actual-race rollup from certified returns, House; geographic aggregation.

Year

Vote lead

Democratic

Republican

Total

2024

30.1%1,119

69.9%2,599

3,718

2020

38.1%1,673

61.9%2,722

4,395

Frequently asked questions

How did Liberal, Kansas vote in 2024?

In 2024, Liberal, Kansas voted Republican by 33.4 points (R+33.4), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 3,891 votes cast, 1,259 went Democratic and 2,558 went Republican.

How many people live in Liberal, Kansas?

Liberal, Kansas has a population of 19,316 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.

What is the median household income in Liberal, Kansas?

Median household income in Liberal, Kansas is $63,706 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.

What is the political history of Liberal, Kansas?

Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Liberal, Kansas from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.

President margin by year

President results by year

Key facts

Party record book

Highest vote share

Most votes

Best relative to the U.S.

U.S. House

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Frequently asked questions

President margin by year

President results by year

Key facts

Party record book

Highest vote share

Most votes

Best relative to the U.S.

U.S. House

Compare two places, side by side

Frequently asked questions