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1876–2024
Rawlins County, Kansas
Rawlins County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most lopsided presidential margins in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Rawlins County, Kansas · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+72
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,516
2024 ACS
Most similar
Meade County
KS · similarity 1.00
17 precincts · 1,399 votes cast
Trump · R+72
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−72.4%
1731,1861,399
2020R
−69.6%
2141,2611,504
2016R
−71.8%
1631,2201,472
2012R
−71.5%
1901,2231,444
2008R
−62.9%
2731,2471,549
2004R
−65.4%
2891,4141,720
2000R
−59.9%
3061,3491,740
1996R
−56.0%
3351,3931,888
1992R
−32.6%
3931,0231,935
1988R
−35.6%
6121,3181,983
1984R
−58.3%
4121,6252,082
1980R
−52.8%
4271,5242,076
1976R
−11.5%
9031,1482,131
1972R
−45.1%
5601,5532,204
1968R
−40.6%
5531,4382,182
1964R
−14.7%
9591,2922,261
1960R
−24.1%
9511,5602,527
1956R
−40.1%
7111,6682,387
1952R
−51.9%
6702,1202,796
1948R
−11.7%
1,0951,3892,522
1944R
−24.2%
9551,5692,542
1940R
−16.9%
1,2471,7583,030
1936D
+19.5%
2,0291,3643,404
1932D
+34.5%
2,2451,0643,423
1928R
−17.5%
1,1641,6682,887
1924R
−17.8%
7421,2132,649
1920R
−38.9%
4951,2361,907
1916D
+20.4%
1,2718032,291
1912D
+26.3%
5682201,323
1908D
+0.9%
7327191,518
1904R
−28.1%
4057491,225
1900D
+7.2%
6685771,257
1896D
+16.2%
6094391,051
1892R
−55.9%
07561,352
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
19.6%
Mainline Protestant
12.4%
Methodist
9.4%
Other Christian
7.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.9%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 47.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Rawlins County's sparse, agriculture-dependent population of roughly 3,000 produced an R+72.6 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided counties in a state already dominated by wide rural Republican margins.

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

Rawlins County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $67,742, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,516 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 Meade County and Scott County.