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1876–2024
Republic County, Kansas
Republic County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most Republican counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Republic County, Kansas · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+65
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
4,646
2024 ACS
Most similar
Washington County
KS · similarity 1.00
23 precincts · 2,455 votes cast
Trump · R+65
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−65.4%
3962,0012,455
2020R
−66.2%
4242,1822,657
2016R
−65.2%
3752,0242,529
2012R
−61.7%
4772,1342,686
2008R
−50.1%
6401,9782,671
2004R
−56.5%
6072,2382,889
2000R
−54.8%
6042,2392,985
1996R
−48.9%
6882,2833,263
1992R
−21.8%
9391,7673,806
1988R
−36.9%
1,0692,3463,462
1984R
−53.9%
8873,0093,934
1980R
−52.9%
8503,0314,120
1976R
−17.0%
1,6172,2943,994
1972R
−45.8%
1,0592,9214,068
1968R
−38.6%
1,1872,8414,288
1964R
−4.1%
2,2222,4144,674
1960R
−31.9%
1,7243,3585,117
1956R
−38.1%
1,6133,6215,266
1952R
−53.9%
1,3584,5735,961
1948R
−22.7%
2,1093,3755,586
1944R
−33.4%
1,8913,8025,715
1940R
−27.7%
2,5114,4507,003
1936R
−5.5%
3,4273,8307,280
1932D
+21.1%
4,1052,6556,887
1928R
−37.3%
1,9564,3246,341
1924R
−33.6%
1,6163,6716,122
1920R
−36.6%
1,6723,6615,440
1916D
+13.4%
3,8062,8826,920
1912D
+22.4%
1,8168954,116
1908R
−6.0%
1,9052,1564,163
1904R
−44.9%
9412,6583,824
1900R
−12.8%
1,9252,4994,489
1896R
−3.1%
1,9102,0333,992
1892R
−47.3%
02,0494,331
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
Methodist
20.2%
Mainline Protestant
14.8%
Other Christian
12.9%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
3.8%
Baptist
2.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 35.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Republic County's 2024 presidential margin of R+65.7 reflects a pattern common to sparsely populated Great Plains counties, where a shrinking rural population and deep agricultural roots have driven Republican margins consistently above 60 points for over a decade.

The Republican margin in Republic County reached its widest at sixty-six points in 2020. The margin in 2024 was sixty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Republic County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $56,833, a 94% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 4,646 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 Garfield County.