akashic
1876–2024
Jefferson County, Kansas
Jefferson County·Kansas

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

A rural Kansas county where GOP margins have held above 30 points for a decade

18762024·38 elections
Jefferson County, Kansas · Calvin Beale · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+37
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
18,349
2024 ACS
Most similar
Wright County
MO · similarity 1.00
15 precincts · 9,975 votes cast
Trump · R+37
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−36.7%
3,0306,6949,975
2020R
−32.1%
3,1946,3349,782
2016R
−31.9%
2,5185,2138,440
2012R
−23.1%
2,9774,8278,013
2008R
−18.7%
3,5425,2208,950
2004R
−24.5%
3,2535,4088,793
2000R
−18.1%
3,0004,4237,877
1996R
−13.4%
2,7573,7817,668
1992R
−0.4%
2,5382,5697,780
1988R
−12.2%
2,8103,6056,492
1984R
−38.6%
1,9904,5246,563
1980R
−36.2%
1,7764,0466,263
1976R
−12.9%
2,4703,2255,851
1972R
−48.3%
1,2373,6795,061
1968R
−29.0%
1,3552,7814,915
1964R
−7.0%
2,0662,3804,485
1960R
−31.6%
1,7393,3535,101
1956R
−40.9%
1,5363,6775,235
1952R
−47.4%
1,4113,9805,417
1948R
−19.3%
2,0102,9865,058
1944R
−37.8%
1,5753,5045,098
1940R
−32.2%
2,2124,3306,580
1936R
−8.9%
3,1053,7116,841
1932D
+3.4%
3,1852,9746,271
1928R
−49.9%
1,6014,8106,433
1924R
−51.0%
1,3204,4226,082
1920R
−38.3%
1,5353,4635,029
1916R
−4.1%
2,9193,1746,286
1912D
+9.8%
1,5371,1553,882
1908R
−13.5%
1,7202,2704,085
1904R
−34.8%
1,1992,5683,935
1900R
−10.6%
1,9122,3744,343
1896R
−1.0%
2,2762,3224,645
1892R
−48.6%
01,9734,056
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
11.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.6%
Other Christian
7.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.9%
Baptist
2.7%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 63.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Jefferson County sits in the northeastern corner of Kansas, where a predominantly rural, white population has produced consistent double-digit Republican presidential margins since at least 2000, reaching R+36.9 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Jefferson County reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1924. The margin in 2024 was thirty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Jefferson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $81,278, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 18,349 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 Wright County and Cowley County.