- Lead
- 816
- Total
- 13,382
- vs nation
- R+4.6
Kansas 8th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 935
- Total
- 13,539
- vs nation
- R+11.4
- Lead
- 1,783
- Total
- 10,492
- vs nation
- R+19.1
- Lead
- 3,258
- Total
- 10,173
- vs nation
- R+35.9
- Lead
- 2,500
- Total
- 10,383
- vs nation
- R+31.4
- Lead
- 3,624
- Total
- 9,689
- vs nation
- R+34.9
- Lead
- 3,020
- Total
- 8,103
- vs nation
- R+37.8
- Lead
- 2,539
- Total
- 7,066
- vs nation
- R+44.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+6.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,3132024 5-year
- Population density
- 2,220 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 10.5 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $172,8432024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 75.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.4%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 3.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+4.7 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61.4 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 27, KS · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 8th State House District · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
1892–2024 (partial returns from 1876) · 38 presidential cycles · 38 with a vote-share denominator · 34 with a national benchmark
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
46.2%
6,179 votes · R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 45.6%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
79.8%
3,190 votes · R+61.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Ronald Reagan, 1984 · 78.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
6,179votes
46.2% of the vote · R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 6,171 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
7,106votes
52.5% of the vote · R+6.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 6,995 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
−4.6pts D vs U.S.
Place R+6.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · −10.3 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+63.1pts R vs U.S.
Place R+61.4 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Alf Landon, 1936 · +56.9 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
Senate and governor results are in the Office selector at the top of this page.
U.S. House
Each row is a county-allocated estimate of U.S. House votes for this district — county returns apportioned onto its boundary, not precinct-counted. “Vote lead” is the estimated local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
| Year | Vote lead | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | D | 57.2%7,034 | 42.8%5,259 | 12,293 |
Kansas 8th State House District sits in the Great Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 4.7 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 61.4 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 6.1 points.
A population of 23,313, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $172,843 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 27 and State House District 39.
The state-house districts whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
District research tools
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Kansas 8th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20008/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.