| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | R | 102 | 744 | 863 | |
| 2020 | R | 98 | 795 | 903 | |
| 2016 | R | 91 | 728 | 855 | |
| 2012 | R | 118 | 677 | 821 | |
| 2008 | R | 178 | 650 | 852 | |
| 2004 | R | 172 | 712 | 892 | |
| 2000 | R | 211 | 728 | 968 | |
| 1996 | R | 246 | 549 | 886 | |
| 1992 | R | 290 | 472 | 1,030 | |
| 1988 | R | 398 | 645 | 1,053 | |
| 1984 | R | 265 | 850 | 1,130 | |
| 1980 | R | 331 | 754 | 1,159 | |
| 1976 | R | 529 | 598 | 1,137 | |
| 1972 | R | 372 | 849 | 1,250 | |
| 1968 | R | 423 | 689 | 1,224 | |
| 1964 | D | 701 | 579 | 1,280 | |
| 1960 | R | 498 | 865 | 1,364 | |
| 1956 | R | 443 | 810 | 1,253 | |
| 1952 | R | 412 | 1,047 | 1,478 | |
| 1948 | R | 659 | 758 | 1,431 | |
| 1944 | R | 522 | 970 | 1,498 | |
| 1940 | R | 598 | 986 | 1,594 | |
| 1936 | D | 918 | 772 | 1,732 | |
| 1932 | D | 1,113 | 769 | 1,968 | |
| 1928 | R | 458 | 1,024 | 1,515 | |
| 1924 | R | 431 | 805 | 1,695 | |
| 1920 | R | 521 | 864 | 1,449 | |
| 1916 | D | 936 | 723 | 1,827 | |
| 1912 | D | 638 | 273 | 1,490 | |
| 1908 | R | 406 | 474 | 912 | |
| 1904 | R | 124 | 180 | 318 | |
| 1900 | R | 144 | 151 | 297 | |
| 1896 | D | 155 | 133 | 290 | |
| 1892 | R | 0 | 151 | 282 | |
| 1888 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1876 | — | — | — | — |
Kiowa County sits on the shortgrass plains of southeastern Colorado, where cattle ranching defines the economy and a sparse, rural electorate has produced some of the state's widest presidential margins for decades.
The Democratic margin in Kiowa County peaked at twenty-four points in 1912. By 1968 the county had flipped, voting Republican for the first time in many years. The 2024 margin was seventy-four points, the most Republican-leaning result in the county's modern history.
The economic context is the key. Kiowa County's median household income of $58,618 sits well below state and national norms, and 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Garrard County and Yuma County.
