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1876–2024
Harvey County, Kansas
Harvey County·Kansas

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

A mid-sized county where wheat country meets a small-city core

18762024·38 elections
Harvey County, Kansas · scanned by Gary Johnson; original creator unknown; not stated on card · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+21
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
33,756
2024 ACS
Most similar
Ford County
KS · similarity 1.00
39 precincts · 16,169 votes cast
Trump · R+21
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−21.0%
6,2029,59116,169
2020R
−19.8%
6,74710,18217,309
2016R
−23.8%
5,0688,66815,116
2012R
−22.5%
5,3738,58814,294
2008R
−17.2%
6,3189,00615,613
2004R
−27.8%
5,3319,53415,110
2000R
−26.9%
4,5918,27113,684
1996R
−23.9%
4,9188,38214,504
1992R
−8.1%
5,0476,25915,006
1988R
−10.9%
5,5036,89312,711
1984R
−29.4%
4,5998,50713,280
1980R
−22.2%
4,1737,04512,912
1976R
−4.8%
6,0036,62412,987
1972R
−38.4%
3,5558,28712,327
1968R
−30.7%
3,3516,68210,841
1964D
+3.1%
5,3064,97910,415
1960R
−37.4%
3,5377,79811,404
1956R
−40.8%
3,0847,36710,494
1952R
−43.9%
2,7267,15410,095
1948R
−18.1%
3,6155,2709,130
1944R
−23.4%
3,3005,3398,703
1940R
−14.9%
4,0875,5399,759
1936D
+9.2%
5,3574,4569,841
1932R
−1.2%
4,0914,1928,507
1928R
−56.2%
1,7486,3308,155
1924R
−36.1%
1,7444,4997,630
1920R
−28.3%
2,4574,4547,060
1916R
−4.9%
3,1313,4797,103
1912D
+20.0%
1,4997033,972
1908R
−21.0%
1,4752,3053,954
1904R
−50.0%
6902,3623,343
1900R
−15.2%
1,6582,2664,000
1896R
−10.6%
1,6782,0823,815
1892R
−45.8%
01,7563,835
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
1.1%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
15.4%
Other Christian
11.3%
Methodist
7.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.3%
Baptist
2.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.9%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Harvey County anchors around Newton, a historic Mennonite settlement and former railroad hub, giving it a modest urban-rural mix that has nonetheless tracked reliably Republican in recent presidential cycles by margins exceeding 20 points.

The Republican margin in Harvey County reached its widest at fifty-six points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was twenty-one points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Harvey County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $74,368, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 33,756 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 Ford County and McPherson County.