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1876–2024
Pawnee County, Kansas
Pawnee County·Kansas

Pawnee 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
Pawnee County, Kansas · Ichabod · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+52
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
6,144
2024 ACS
Most similar
Rice County
KS · similarity 1.00
30 precincts · 2,629 votes cast
Trump · R+52
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−51.7%
6121,9712,629
2020R
−51.2%
6432,0452,739
2016R
−49.8%
5791,9042,661
2012R
−42.9%
7181,8362,608
2008R
−37.1%
8821,9462,867
2004R
−46.8%
7732,1722,988
2000R
−30.0%
9681,8502,940
1996R
−31.5%
9321,9273,154
1992R
−6.7%
1,1181,3573,585
1988R
−10.4%
1,4741,8253,373
1984R
−39.6%
1,0922,5703,730
1980R
−26.7%
1,1842,1703,691
1976D
+7.1%
1,9591,6923,751
1972R
−35.0%
1,1102,3703,600
1968R
−16.5%
1,4162,0373,759
1964D
+27.2%
2,5771,4684,074
1960R
−17.0%
1,8532,6184,489
1956R
−27.9%
1,5672,7884,375
1952R
−43.3%
1,3403,4314,824
1948R
−6.5%
1,9452,2214,235
1944R
−8.7%
1,7272,0573,806
1940R
−2.5%
2,2162,3294,587
1936D
+23.2%
2,8141,7534,576
1932D
+12.6%
2,4511,8894,443
1928R
−50.8%
9182,8293,763
1924R
−33.7%
1,1112,4073,849
1920R
−29.8%
1,1382,1283,326
1916D
+16.3%
2,1311,4993,871
1912D
+30.4%
1,0503662,252
1908R
−1.9%
9611,0002,065
1904R
−29.4%
4949571,574
1900D
+3.0%
7276841,425
1896D
+11.8%
6354991,153
1892R
−51.6%
07221,400
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
5.9%
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
13.0%
Methodist
12.5%
Other Christian
9.2%
Pentecostal & Holiness
8.5%
Baptist
7.0%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Pawnee County's sparse high-plains ranching economy anchors a voting pattern that has shifted little in decades, delivering lopsided Republican margins well above the state average in every recent presidential cycle.

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

Pawnee County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,517, a 85% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 6,144 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 Rice County and Stafford County.