HarrisDemocratic25.8%721TrumpRepublican72.4%2,021KennedyOther1.5%42
R+46.6- Lead
- 1,300
- Total
- 2,792
- vs nation
- R+45.1
- Turnout
- 67.7%
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President margin by year
Place winner margin
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
President results by year
2024 turnout 67.7% of 4,181 citizens 18+
BidenDemocratic25.1%729TrumpRepublican73.3%2,124JorgensenLibertarian1.6%46
R+48.1- Lead
- 1,395
- Total
- 2,899
- vs nation
- R+52.6
- Turnout
- 67.9%
ClintonDemocratic22.9%601TrumpRepublican69.4%1,820JohnsonLibertarian5.3%138
R+46.5- Lead
- 1,219
- Total
- 2,624
- vs nation
- R+48.5
- Turnout
- 60.8%
ObamaDemocratic28.0%718RomneyRepublican69.2%1,773JohnsonLibertarian2.0%51
R+41.2- Lead
- 1,055
- Total
- 2,562
- vs nation
- R+45.0
- Turnout
- —
ObamaDemocratic31.9%907McCainRepublican66.0%1,875OtherAll other candidates2.1%59
R+34.1- Lead
- 968
- Total
- 2,841
- vs nation
- R+41.3
- Turnout
- —
KerryDemocratic31.7%931BushRepublican66.8%1,961OtherAll other candidates1.5%44
R+35.1- Lead
- 1,030
- Total
- 2,936
- vs nation
- R+32.6
- Turnout
- —
GoreDemocratic33.4%882BushRepublican60.5%1,599NaderGreen3.9%104
R+27.1- Lead
- 717
- Total
- 2,641
- vs nation
- R+27.7
- Turnout
- —
ClintonDemocratic32.3%965DoleRepublican52.0%1,553PerotReform15.1%451
R+19.7- Lead
- 588
- Total
- 2,989
- vs nation
- R+28.2
- Turnout
- —
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+46.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 5,3402024 5-year
- Median household income
- $58,6862024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 90.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.0%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+22.2 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+60.2 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Chase County, KS · twin score 89.9
Midterm durability
Total general-election participants divided by same-year citizen voting-age population. These are total ballots or participating voters—not presidential candidate votes.
- 2024 total turnout
- 67.7%2,831 participants ÷ 4,181 CVAP
- 2020→2022 drop-off
- +13.0 ptsVolatile
- Drop-off versus state
- -5.8 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
- Mechanical 2026 scenario
- 54.7%–57.6%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
| Election | Participants | CVAP | Turnout | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 · Presidential | 2,710 | 4,459 | 60.8% | A/A |
| 2018 · Midterm | 2,296 | 4,282 | 53.6% | A/A |
| 2020 · Presidential | 2,931 | 4,314 | 67.9% | A/A |
| 2022 · Midterm | 2,298 | 4,185 | 54.9% | C/A |
| 2024 · Presidential | 2,831 | 4,181 | 67.7% | A/A |
Sources and methods
- 2016: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 293/111.
- 2018: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 297/138.
- 2020: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 301/2.
- 2022: numerator source 159, denominator source 157; top ticket votes; canonical-complete-contest-floor-v1; allocation share 0.0%; series 154/183.
- 2024: numerator source 158, denominator source 157; total voters participating; eavs-f1a-v1:observed:native; allocation share 0.0%; series 311/228.
Precinct data
Results by precinct
34 precincts · 2,792 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -KS127000100KS127000100 | 163 | 266 | 4 | 433 | 37.6% | 61.4% | R+23.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -KS127000030KS127000030 | 150 | 270 | 12 | 432 | 34.7% | 62.5% | R+27.8 |
| Precinct -KS127000130KS127000130 | 36 | 249 | 2 | 287 | 12.5% | 86.8% | R+74.2 |
| Precinct -KS127000010KS127000010 | 96 | 182 | 6 | 284 | 33.8% | 64.1% | R+30.3 |
| Precinct -KS127000020KS127000020 | 72 | 175 | 5 | 252 | 28.6% | 69.4% | R+40.9 |
| Precinct -KS127000110KS127000110 | 48 | 165 | 4 | 217 | 22.1% | 76.0% | R+53.9 |
| Precinct -KS127000080KS127000080 | 35 | 131 | 4 | 170 | 20.6% | 77.1% | R+56.5 |
| Precinct -KS127000170KS127000170 | 25 | 133 | 4 | 162 | 15.4% | 82.1% | R+66.7 |
| Precinct -KS127000150KS127000150 | 23 | 92 | 2 | 117 | 19.7% | 78.6% | R+59.0 |
| Precinct -KS127000090KS127000090 | 20 | 79 | 2 | 101 | 19.8% | 78.2% | R+58.4 |
| Precinct -KS127000120KS127000120 | 7 | 87 | 1 | 95 | 7.4% | 91.6% | R+84.2 |
| Precinct -KS127000160KS127000160 | 21 | 73 | 1 | 95 | 22.1% | 76.8% | R+54.7 |
| Precinct -KS127000060KS127000060 | 6 | 52 | 1 | 59 | 10.2% | 88.1% | R+78.0 |
| Precinct -KS127000140KS127000140 | 8 | 37 | 0 | 45 | 17.8% | 82.2% | R+64.4 |
| Precinct -KS127000070KS127000070 | 11 | 30 | 2 | 43 | 25.6% | 69.8% | R+44.2 |
| Council Grove Ward 120_20127000010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Council Grove Ward 220_20127000020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Council Grove Ward 320_20127000030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Council Grove Ward 3 Exclave20_20127900010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Herington Exclave C Airport Voting District20_20127900020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Herington Ward 1 Exclave A20_20127000040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Herington Ward 1 Exclave B20_20127000050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Highland Township Voting District20_20127000060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Overland Township Voting District20_20127000070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 1 Precinct 120_20127000080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 1 Precinct 220_20127000090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 2 Voting District20_20127000100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 3 Voting District20_20127000110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 4 Voting District20_20127000120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 5 Voting District20_20127000130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 6 Voting District20_20127000140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 7 Voting District20_20127000150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 8 Voting District20_20127000160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
| Township 9 Voting District20_20127000170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | No votes |
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −50.9% |
| 1896 | −0.9% |
| 1900 | −10.8% |
| 1904 | −45.7% |
| 1908 | −16.6% |
| 1912 | +22.2% |
| 1916 | +5.8% |
| 1920 | −33.8% |
| 1924 | −42.9% |
| 1928 | −60.2% |
| 1932 | −2.2% |
| 1936 | +1.0% |
| 1940 | −24.2% |
| 1944 | −24.7% |
| 1948 | −14.4% |
| 1952 | −48.6% |
| 1956 | −37.6% |
| 1960 | −35.3% |
| 1964 | −2.3% |
| 1968 | −29.8% |
| 1972 | −54.4% |
| 1976 | −11.6% |
| 1980 | −38.1% |
| 1984 | −45.8% |
| 1988 | −17.9% |
| 1992 | −3.7% |
| 1996 | −19.7% |
| 2000 | −27.1% |
| 2004 | −35.1% |
| 2008 | −34.1% |
| 2012 | −41.2% |
| 2016 | −46.5% |
| 2020 | −48.1% |
| 2024 | −46.6% |
DemocraticRepublican
Federal and statewide elections · 3 House · 38 Senate · 3 Senate special · 12 governor
U.S. House
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U.S. Senate
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U.S. Senate special elections
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Governor
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voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2025R+48.9
Presidential vote · 2024R+46.6
Registration and the presidential vote track closely here — within 2.3 points.
4,019 registered voters · 2025
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+47 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −164 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $60,792 in average income, against $72,992 for residents who stayed — 17% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −22 |
| 2012 | 0 |
| 2013 | −137 |
| 2014 | −40 |
| 2015 | −23 |
| 2016 | −57 |
| 2017 | −82 |
| 2018 | +69 |
| 2019 | +50 |
| 2021 | +47 |
| 2022 | +36 |
| 2023 | −53 |
| 2024 | +1 |
| 2025 | +47 |
With just over 6,000 residents spread across the Flint Hills, Morris County has delivered commanding Republican margins for decades, hitting R+46.6 in 2024 and reflecting the deep rural-conservative alignment common to small-population Great Plains counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 22.2 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 60.2 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 46.6 points.
A population of 5,340, a 90% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,686 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Chase County and Dickinson County.
Political twins — counties
The counties whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Chase County
Kansas
89.9twin score
2008–2012 trajectoryelasticity% Evangelical≠ English ancestry
Dickinson County
Kansas
84.3twin score
2008–2020 trajectory% White≠ Scottish ancestry
Osborne County
Kansas
82.0twin score
elasticity12-yr trendpopulation scale≠ Swedish ancestry
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Morris County, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Morris County, Kansas voted Republican by 46.6 points (R+46.6), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 2,792 votes cast, 721 went Democratic and 2,021 went Republican.
When did Morris County, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Morris County, Kansas voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Morris County, Kansas?
Morris County, Kansas has a population of 5,340 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Morris County, Kansas?
Median household income in Morris County, Kansas is $58,686 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Morris County, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Morris County, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 2 went Democratic and 31 went Republican.