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1876–2024
Mitchell County, Kansas
Mitchell County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most Republican-leaning counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Mitchell County, Kansas · Ammodramus · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+66
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,779
2024 ACS
Most similar
Washington County
KS · similarity 1.00
22 precincts · 3,112 votes cast
Trump · R+66
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−65.8%
5152,5623,112
2020R
−62.8%
5582,5043,101
2016R
−62.2%
4772,3082,942
2012R
−58.8%
5842,3272,965
2008R
−54.3%
7012,4403,203
2004R
−57.2%
6932,6093,349
2000R
−49.0%
7512,3503,266
1996R
−45.2%
8332,4353,544
1992R
−18.2%
9381,6013,650
1988R
−32.1%
1,1452,2573,462
1984R
−53.0%
9193,0363,996
1980R
−49.2%
8762,8213,953
1976R
−10.2%
1,7002,0953,880
1972R
−45.5%
1,0302,8303,953
1968R
−33.3%
1,1442,4283,861
1964R
−1.4%
1,8981,9513,880
1960R
−24.2%
1,6922,7794,497
1956R
−44.8%
1,2143,1984,432
1952R
−62.3%
9614,1675,146
1948R
−25.9%
1,7502,9984,823
1944R
−34.2%
1,5793,2384,857
1940R
−28.0%
2,0603,6815,792
1936D
+8.3%
3,2892,7816,111
1932D
+11.5%
3,1762,5025,859
1928R
−26.9%
1,8553,2455,164
1924R
−32.0%
1,4703,1615,287
1920R
−39.2%
1,4093,3104,845
1916D
+13.5%
3,1972,4135,825
1912D
+21.1%
1,4417373,341
1908R
−5.6%
1,5701,7653,495
1904R
−36.7%
8672,0373,189
1900R
−1.7%
1,7021,7643,553
1896D
+13.8%
1,8891,4283,347
1892R
−55.0%
01,8553,372
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
Catholic & Orthodox
35.9%
Methodist
12.6%
Mainline Protestant
9.4%
Other Christian
5.3%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.9%
Baptist
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Mitchell County's 2024 presidential margin of R+65.6 reflects a pattern common to sparsely populated High Plains counties, where rural agricultural communities have shifted sharply toward Republican candidates over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Mitchell County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-six points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Mitchell County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $64,246, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,779 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 Washington County and Jewell County.