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1876–2024
Norton County, Kansas
Norton County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most reliably Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Norton County, Kansas · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+67
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
5,359
2024 ACS
Most similar
Coffey County
KS · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 2,213 votes cast
Trump · R+67
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−67.1%
3401,8262,213
2020R
−68.0%
3642,0072,415
2016R
−69.8%
2811,8402,234
2012R
−63.7%
3981,8782,325
2008R
−57.2%
4971,8782,415
2004R
−62.3%
4732,0922,599
2000R
−46.8%
5981,7442,451
1996R
−43.0%
6401,8142,731
1992R
−22.5%
7791,4693,068
1988R
−37.5%
8551,9232,847
1984R
−59.9%
6112,5153,176
1980R
−56.3%
6662,6253,477
1976R
−23.8%
1,3372,2013,635
1972R
−53.9%
7762,6883,546
1968R
−47.5%
8412,5433,586
1964R
−21.3%
1,4492,2453,736
1960R
−36.2%
1,3002,7814,089
1956R
−43.6%
1,1943,0524,264
1952R
−53.6%
1,0473,5304,631
1948R
−25.9%
1,4142,4614,036
1944R
−42.4%
1,1592,8904,078
1940R
−41.9%
1,3783,4154,859
1936R
−10.1%
2,3072,8295,160
1932D
+8.4%
2,7052,2725,145
1928R
−50.1%
1,0873,3654,548
1924R
−32.4%
1,2612,7784,682
1920R
−34.4%
1,0822,2883,507
1916D
+26.7%
2,8761,6164,714
1912D
+19.4%
1,0815982,494
1908R
−3.8%
1,3371,4482,910
1904R
−49.3%
4171,5702,337
1900R
−4.5%
1,2121,3292,572
1896D
+14.3%
1,2609412,237
1892R
−49.9%
01,0902,184
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%
Irish
1.1%
African American
2.5%
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
Other Christian
31.6%
Methodist
9.3%
Catholic & Orthodox
8.2%
Mainline Protestant
5.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.6%
Baptist
4.7%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Norton County's 2024 presidential margin of R+67.7 places it among the most lopsided rural counties in the state, a pattern consistent with its sparse, agriculture-dependent population on the High Plains.

The Republican margin in Norton County reached its widest at seventy points in 2016. The margin in 2024 was sixty-seven points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Norton County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $54,050, a 89% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 5,359 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 Coffey County and Dickinson County.