Mitt Romney carried Kansas R+21.6.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Kansas, 2012. The state ran 25.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.9 nationally).

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)

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Kansas result

1,157,532 votes counted

Obama (D)

439,908

38.0%

Romney (R)

689,809

59.6%

All others

27,815

2.4%

Margin

R+21.6

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2012 presidential election

Kansas, 2012

RomneyR+21.6

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	59.6%	689,809
Barack ObamaDemocratic	38.0%	439,908
OtherAll other candidates	2.4%	27,815

D+60

R+60

105 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−50.2%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 2012

105 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−27.3%	1,869	3,316	5,310
Anderson County	R	−40.2%	944	2,276	3,315
Atchison County	R	−20.2%	2,567	3,917	6,674
Barber County	R	−55.7%	482	1,772	2,314
Barton County	R	−53.9%	2,297	7,874	10,341
Bourbon County	R	−33.7%	1,996	4,102	6,254
Brown County	R	−43.9%	1,076	2,829	3,993
Butler County	R	−41.7%	7,282	18,157	26,085
Chase County	R	−40.7%	358	875	1,271
Chautauqua County	R	−62.8%	280	1,304	1,630
Cherokee County	R	−29.5%	2,930	5,456	8,571
Cheyenne County	R	−64.9%	233	1,159	1,426
Clark County	R	−62.0%	174	805	1,017
Clay County	R	−53.0%	834	2,788	3,686
Cloud County	R	−48.8%	974	2,954	4,058
Coffey County	R	−51.3%	898	2,903	3,906
Comanche County	R	−67.2%	143	767	928
Cowley County	R	−29.6%	4,319	8,081	12,710
Crawford County	R	−5.9%	6,826	7,708	15,040
Decatur County	R	−62.1%	266	1,218	1,532
Dickinson County	R	−47.4%	2,020	5,832	8,042
Doniphan County	R	−44.4%	902	2,414	3,403
Douglas County	D	+24.5%	29,267	17,401	48,464
Edwards County	R	−54.9%	298	1,059	1,385
Elk County	R	−56.1%	281	1,049	1,369
Ellis County	R	−45.6%	3,057	8,399	11,714
Ellsworth County	R	−45.3%	702	1,930	2,712
Finney County	R	−38.9%	2,682	6,219	9,084
Ford County	R	−35.9%	2,600	5,602	8,362
Franklin County	R	−29.9%	3,694	6,984	10,990
Geary County	R	−13.3%	3,332	4,372	7,845
Gove County	R	−71.7%	176	1,168	1,383
Graham County	R	−59.7%	256	1,056	1,340
Grant County	R	−58.8%	456	1,811	2,306
Gray County	R	−65.3%	324	1,603	1,958
Greeley County	R	−64.2%	113	543	670
Greenwood County	R	−52.4%	478	1,590	2,123
Hamilton County	R	−60.4%	163	693	877
Harper County	R	−50.6%	550	1,759	2,389
Harvey County	R	−22.5%	5,373	8,588	14,294
Haskell County	R	−67.6%	215	1,159	1,396
Hodgeman County	R	−65.0%	179	868	1,060
Jackson County	R	−29.2%	1,901	3,527	5,561
Jefferson County	R	−23.1%	2,977	4,827	8,013
Jewell County	R	−67.2%	229	1,235	1,497
Johnson County	R	−17.4%	110,526	158,401	275,074
Kearny County	R	−59.8%	268	1,097	1,386
Kingman County	R	−51.5%	733	2,397	3,231
Kiowa County	R	−71.1%	163	976	1,144
Labette County	R	−20.2%	3,117	4,742	8,037
Lane County	R	−61.1%	172	739	928
Leavenworth County	R	−19.6%	11,357	17,059	29,085
Lincoln County	R	−59.1%	289	1,165	1,483
Linn County	R	−44.9%	1,170	3,177	4,467
Logan County	R	−68.8%	197	1,126	1,350
Lyon County	R	−11.4%	5,111	6,470	11,875
Marion County	R	−46.3%	1,385	3,889	5,409
Marshall County	R	−36.2%	1,469	3,195	4,773
McPherson County	R	−41.4%	3,449	8,545	12,297
Meade County	R	−68.5%	258	1,428	1,709
Miami County	R	−34.6%	4,712	9,858	14,856
Mitchell County	R	−58.8%	584	2,327	2,965
Montgomery County	R	−41.3%	3,501	8,630	12,417
Morris County	R	−41.2%	718	1,773	2,562
Morton County	R	−69.1%	189	1,072	1,278
Nemaha County	R	−58.3%	1,000	3,930	5,026
Neosho County	R	−34.3%	2,050	4,272	6,480
Ness County	R	−68.6%	218	1,209	1,444
Norton County	R	−63.7%	398	1,878	2,325
Osage County	R	−31.3%	2,268	4,427	6,906
Osborne County	R	−62.8%	324	1,479	1,838
Ottawa County	R	−59.2%	558	2,295	2,933
Pawnee County	R	−42.9%	718	1,836	2,608
Phillips County	R	−68.3%	382	2,135	2,565
Pottawatomie County	R	−47.1%	2,335	6,804	9,479
Pratt County	R	−47.1%	980	2,771	3,801
Rawlins County	R	−71.5%	190	1,223	1,444
Reno County	R	−31.3%	8,085	15,718	24,422
Republic County	R	−61.7%	477	2,134	2,686
Rice County	R	−47.9%	911	2,676	3,681
Riley County	R	−12.0%	8,977	11,507	21,101
Rooks County	R	−68.2%	361	2,038	2,460
Rush County	R	−50.9%	367	1,166	1,570
Russell County	R	−61.3%	593	2,553	3,200
Saline County	R	−31.6%	7,040	13,840	21,496
Scott County	R	−70.7%	277	1,728	2,052
Sedgwick County	R	−18.9%	71,977	106,506	182,895
Seward County	R	−41.1%	1,490	3,617	5,176
Shawnee County	R	−1.1%	36,975	37,782	76,508
Sheridan County	R	−73.5%	168	1,154	1,342
Sherman County	R	−53.3%	577	1,976	2,623
Smith County	R	−62.6%	358	1,624	2,023
Stafford County	R	−53.3%	404	1,385	1,839
Stanton County	R	−60.9%	143	605	759
Stevens County	R	−73.6%	252	1,749	2,034
Sumner County	R	−39.4%	2,658	6,260	9,141
Thomas County	R	−63.0%	598	2,788	3,474
Trego County	R	−61.4%	291	1,261	1,579
Wabaunsee County	R	−41.0%	918	2,256	3,267
Wallace County	R	−81.6%	68	719	798
Washington County	R	−62.0%	524	2,316	2,889
Wichita County	R	−67.3%	157	821	987
Wilson County	R	−54.0%	818	2,825	3,717
Woodson County	R	−45.3%	380	1,035	1,447
Wyandotte County	D	+37.0%	34,302	15,496	50,893