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1876–2024
Cheyenne County, Kansas
Cheyenne County·Kansas

Cheyenne County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Kansas's most lopsided rural counties in recent cycles

18762024·38 elections
Cheyenne County, Kansas · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+69
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,628
2024 ACS
Most similar
Chase County
NE · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 1,398 votes cast
Trump · R+69
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−69.0%
2011,1661,398
2020R
−67.1%
2241,1831,429
2016R
−70.5%
1811,1731,407
2012R
−64.9%
2331,1591,426
2008R
−55.1%
3231,1481,498
2004R
−61.1%
3201,3531,692
2000R
−55.7%
3501,3121,727
1996R
−43.5%
4221,2111,812
1992R
−26.0%
4078631,755
1988R
−29.3%
5941,1051,743
1984R
−59.5%
3561,4421,824
1980R
−54.0%
3581,3301,800
1976R
−13.9%
7581,0081,805
1972R
−54.6%
3991,4401,907
1968R
−50.2%
4121,4232,014
1964R
−12.8%
8861,1472,040
1960R
−43.4%
6361,6222,271
1956R
−38.0%
6631,4792,150
1952R
−52.1%
5971,9152,532
1948R
−10.6%
9781,2192,278
1944R
−36.9%
7361,6102,368
1940R
−28.8%
9711,7602,744
1936D
+14.8%
1,6731,2412,925
1932D
+26.1%
1,7169792,829
1928R
−41.8%
5861,4662,106
1924R
−28.5%
4851,1192,221
1920R
−35.2%
4711,0791,729
1916D
+18.4%
7874981,567
1912D
+18.3%
301140882
1908R
−16.4%
339486895
1904R
−57.2%
96446612
1900R
−9.6%
286348643
1896R
−0.8%
322327660
1892R
−48.6%
04861,001
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Methodist
32.0%
Mainline Protestant
17.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
10.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
4.9%
Other Christian
3.0%
Baptist
1.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 30.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Cheyenne County sits in the far northwest corner of Kansas, where a sparse, agriculture-driven population consistently produces some of the state's widest Republican presidential margins — hitting R+68.8 in 2024 with barely 3,000 residents.

The Republican margin in Cheyenne County reached its widest at seventy-one points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Cheyenne County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $55,429, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,628 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chase County and Hodgeman County.