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1876–2024
Woodson County, Kansas
Woodson County·Kansas

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

One of Kansas's least-populous counties, tilting hard toward the right

18762024·38 elections
Woodson County, Kansas · 25or6to4 · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+61
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
3,109
2024 ACS
Most similar
Marshall County
KS · similarity 1.00
9 precincts · 1,506 votes cast
Trump · R+61
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−61.3%
2821,2051,506
2020R
−60.4%
2941,2281,546
2016R
−56.1%
2731,0821,443
2012R
−45.3%
3801,0351,447
2008R
−34.0%
5121,0551,599
2004R
−38.2%
5301,2041,763
2000R
−28.4%
5219741,595
1996R
−19.4%
5989531,832
1992R
−3.9%
5906621,866
1988R
−16.3%
7611,0621,847
1984R
−40.0%
5961,4082,030
1980R
−36.0%
6461,4352,189
1976R
−9.8%
9041,1042,041
1972R
−47.5%
5501,5922,193
1968R
−35.0%
6391,4502,315
1964R
−6.2%
1,1281,2792,431
1960R
−35.1%
8881,8532,751
1956R
−42.5%
8702,1713,063
1952R
−53.2%
7862,5943,400
1948R
−26.7%
1,1451,9973,191
1944R
−39.5%
9992,3083,318
1940R
−30.5%
1,3982,6374,065
1936R
−11.5%
1,8842,3744,278
1932D
+6.8%
2,1191,8424,078
1928R
−53.9%
8552,8853,767
1924R
−36.3%
1,0262,4123,818
1920R
−39.9%
9442,2533,279
1916R
−1.7%
1,7941,8613,860
1912D
+8.6%
9006942,382
1908R
−8.7%
1,0471,2522,352
1904R
−35.5%
6571,4902,344
1900R
−11.9%
1,1151,4182,553
1896R
−4.0%
1,1891,2882,498
1892R
−48.3%
01,0322,135
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
8.6%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.6%
Baptist
2.3%
Mainline Protestant
2.1%
Other Christian
0.8%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 79.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Woodson County's roughly 3,800 residents are spread across southeastern Kansas grasslands, and its presidential margins have exceeded R+60 in recent cycles, making it among the most lopsidedly Republican counties in the state.

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

Woodson County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $50,326, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 3,109 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 Marshall County and Polk County.