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1876–2024
Ellsworth County, Kansas
Ellsworth County·Kansas

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

Cattle country where Republicans routinely top 70% of the vote

18762024·38 elections
Ellsworth County, Kansas · Spacini at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,360
2024 ACS
Most similar
Barton County
KS · similarity 1.00
25 precincts · 2,693 votes cast
Trump · R+52
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.5%
6312,0192,693
2020R
−52.6%
6482,1482,853
2016R
−53.5%
5211,9692,706
2012R
−45.3%
7021,9302,712
2008R
−39.8%
8512,0212,938
2004R
−47.0%
8012,2593,102
2000R
−35.9%
8251,8452,839
1996R
−36.4%
8992,0783,240
1992R
−5.8%
1,0101,1973,239
1988R
−16.4%
1,2191,7113,000
1984R
−43.9%
9052,3533,298
1980R
−38.8%
8862,1553,270
1976R
−1.4%
1,5731,6183,246
1972R
−33.1%
1,0282,0873,201
1968R
−23.2%
1,0601,7763,087
1964D
+20.1%
2,1181,4063,537
1960R
−19.0%
1,4882,1893,687
1956R
−30.2%
1,3512,5243,889
1952R
−49.9%
1,0683,2194,311
1948R
−6.8%
1,8792,1554,079
1944R
−15.4%
1,6782,2903,974
1940R
−8.6%
2,2372,6584,910
1936D
+18.4%
2,9902,0585,055
1932D
+28.7%
2,9281,6074,598
1928R
−21.2%
1,5882,4504,068
1924R
−34.3%
9502,2863,890
1920R
−34.0%
1,0902,2643,451
1916R
−0.2%
1,9361,9454,024
1912D
+30.0%
1,0453532,303
1908R
−7.6%
1,0391,2132,291
1904R
−39.3%
5781,3591,986
1900R
−13.9%
1,0061,3332,352
1896R
−2.7%
9921,0482,058
1892R
−49.6%
01,0972,213
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%
African American
2.7%
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
Mainline Protestant
23.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.3%
Methodist
8.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 56.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Ellsworth County sits along the historic Chisholm Trail corridor in central Kansas, where a ranching and agricultural economy has anchored durable Republican supermajorities across nearly every recent election cycle.

The Republican margin in Ellsworth County reached its widest at fifty-four points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was fifty-two points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Ellsworth County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,560, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,360 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 Barton County and Stafford County.