akashic
1876–2024
Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Wabaunsee County·Kansas

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

A sparsely settled Flint Hills county where Republicans routinely exceed 70% of the vote

18762024·38 elections
Wabaunsee County, Kansas · Dylan Edwards · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+48
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
7,009
2024 ACS
Most similar
Ottawa County
KS · similarity 1.00
14 precincts · 3,860 votes cast
Trump · R+48
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−48.5%
9442,8163,860
2020R
−48.2%
9642,8453,902
2016R
−47.2%
7762,3723,380
2012R
−41.0%
9182,2563,267
2008R
−38.6%
1,0362,3953,521
2004R
−42.5%
1,0012,5313,604
2000R
−33.8%
1,0252,1823,420
1996R
−27.1%
9661,8843,384
1992R
−11.9%
8511,2543,374
1988R
−19.2%
1,1661,7372,967
1984R
−47.0%
8052,2763,130
1980R
−42.3%
8532,2553,317
1976R
−17.0%
1,3541,9213,336
1972R
−56.2%
6622,4613,203
1968R
−41.6%
6951,9793,084
1964R
−17.5%
1,2871,8393,152
1960R
−41.5%
9692,3513,331
1956R
−53.4%
8022,6503,458
1952R
−62.3%
7363,1823,927
1948R
−35.0%
1,1622,4373,648
1944R
−52.6%
8732,8393,738
1940R
−48.0%
1,2123,4814,727
1936R
−11.3%
2,2352,8095,059
1932D
+3.3%
2,4652,3044,862
1928R
−44.3%
1,1893,0994,311
1924R
−50.7%
6332,7424,161
1920R
−56.4%
7822,8593,683
1916R
−20.9%
1,7062,6404,478
1912D
+11.8%
1,1287832,920
1908R
−22.4%
1,1631,8493,069
1904R
−47.1%
6882,0162,822
1900R
−17.2%
1,2631,7933,088
1896R
−4.7%
1,4421,5863,062
1892R
−52.5%
01,5202,896
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
Mainline Protestant
13.9%
Methodist
7.5%
Catholic & Orthodox
7.3%
Other Christian
4.8%
Baptist
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 66.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Wabaunsee sits at the eastern edge of the Kansas Flint Hills, where ranching-dominant land use and a population under 7,000 produce some of the most consistent Republican margins in the state.

The Republican margin in Wabaunsee County reached its widest at sixty-two points in 1952. The margin in 2024 was forty-eight points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Wabaunsee County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $76,908, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 7,009 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 Ottawa County and Washington County.