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1876–2024
Lyon County, Kansas
Lyon County·Kansas

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

A mid-sized county where a college town tempers a rural Republican lean

18762024·38 elections
Lyon County, Kansas · Ichabod · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+15
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
32,186
2024 ACS
Most similar
Geary County
KS · similarity 0.99
41 precincts · 13,314 votes cast
Trump · R+15
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−14.6%
5,5157,46213,314
2020R
−10.7%
6,0557,55013,988
2016R
−15.3%
4,6496,55212,472
2012R
−11.4%
5,1116,47011,875
2008R
−6.0%
5,9246,69812,911
2004R
−20.2%
5,2347,95113,440
2000R
−11.7%
5,1906,65212,455
1996R
−13.1%
4,8846,61213,221
1992R
−1.9%
4,8115,09014,656
1988R
−12.2%
5,3146,82012,334
1984R
−39.7%
4,1889,79614,121
1980R
−25.8%
4,6808,43114,551
1976R
−10.6%
5,6347,06213,428
1972R
−41.4%
3,7209,15713,143
1968R
−22.2%
4,0206,55811,446
1964D
+8.8%
6,1975,18411,462
1960R
−22.1%
4,7557,47012,266
1956R
−35.2%
3,8318,02111,911
1952R
−36.6%
3,9448,54412,568
1948R
−2.0%
5,7085,94111,876
1944R
−6.7%
4,9845,71010,799
1940R
−5.7%
6,1706,91813,219
1936D
+9.9%
7,3406,00513,425
1932D
+2.5%
6,3656,04412,756
1928R
−51.7%
2,7618,75311,595
1924R
−32.3%
2,7506,29010,974
1920R
−24.3%
3,3035,4928,990
1916D
+13.1%
5,5844,21510,464
1912D
+25.4%
2,3639625,525
1908R
−7.0%
2,5622,9735,844
1904R
−35.8%
1,4613,4505,554
1900R
−3.6%
2,8653,0836,079
1896D
+6.7%
3,2762,8606,229
1892R
−49.1%
02,6235,344
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
Catholic & Orthodox
13.1%
Methodist
9.2%
Other Christian
8.0%
Mainline Protestant
5.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.5%
Baptist
4.1%
Non-Christian
0.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 55.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Lyon County anchors the Flint Hills with Emporia State University at its core, a combination that has historically kept its Republican margins narrower than surrounding rural counties, though 2024's R+14.7 result signals a widening gap.

The Republican margin in Lyon County reached its widest at fifty-two points in 1928. The margin in 2024 was fifteen points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Lyon County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $59,912, a 72% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 32,186 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 Geary County and Yuba County.