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1876–2024
Trego County, Kansas
Trego County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's most lopsided presidential counties by raw margin

18762024·38 elections
Trego County, Kansas · IveGoneAway · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+71
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
2,777
2024 ACS
Most similar
Edwards County
KS · similarity 1.00
11 precincts · 1,591 votes cast
Trump · R+71
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−70.8%
2161,3431,591
2020R
−68.8%
2421,3631,630
2016R
−69.4%
1981,2271,482
2012R
−61.4%
2911,2611,579
2008R
−48.2%
4201,2251,671
2004R
−46.9%
4341,2251,686
2000R
−38.3%
5161,2201,837
1996R
−33.3%
5481,2051,972
1992R
−6.2%
6087271,912
1988R
−10.0%
7959791,831
1984R
−42.2%
5981,4912,118
1980R
−39.9%
5231,3402,048
1976R
−1.1%
1,0031,0252,068
1972R
−36.6%
6211,3692,046
1968R
−28.5%
6231,2112,064
1964D
+9.4%
1,1779742,162
1960R
−23.9%
8751,4262,309
1956R
−39.2%
7261,6682,403
1952R
−51.6%
6081,9152,533
1948R
−5.0%
1,1171,2372,387
1944R
−24.5%
8831,4592,354
1940R
−15.8%
1,1401,5712,728
1936D
+27.4%
1,7831,0122,811
1932D
+30.6%
1,7519182,719
1928R
−16.0%
9821,3592,354
1924R
−37.4%
3991,1211,928
1920R
−52.2%
3951,2991,731
1916D
+11.0%
1,0948672,061
1912D
+25.9%
4491601,116
1908R
−14.1%
4586171,127
1904R
−30.3%
264526865
1900D
+0.1%
361360744
1896D
+14.0%
340256599
1892R
−48.0%
0294612
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%.
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
19.2%
Mainline Protestant
18.7%
Other Christian
8.8%
Methodist
8.5%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.7%
Baptist
0.3%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 38.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Trego County's sparse population and agricultural economy place it among the most Republican-leaning counties in Kansas, where the 2024 presidential margin reached 71 points — leaving Democrats with a negligible footprint in local contests.

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

Trego County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $81,528, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 2,777 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 Edwards County and Sumner County.