- Lead
- 1,351
- Total
- 13,714
- vs nation
- D+11.3
Kansas 16th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,167
- Total
- 14,583
- vs nation
- D+3.5
- Lead
- 556
- Total
- 12,565
- vs nation
- R+6.5
- Lead
- 2,284
- Total
- 11,821
- vs nation
- R+23.2
- Lead
- 1,357
- Total
- 12,226
- vs nation
- R+18.4
- Lead
- 2,799
- Total
- 11,167
- vs nation
- R+22.6
- Lead
- 2,358
- Total
- 9,360
- vs nation
- R+25.7
- Lead
- 1,973
- Total
- 8,191
- vs nation
- R+32.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9.9MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,7452024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,441 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 6.9 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $106,8312024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 77.5%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 6.5%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+17.6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+56.2 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 17, KS · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 16th 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
54.0%
7,409 votes · D+9.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 52.8%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
74.9%
3,333 votes · R+51.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 73.2%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,697votes
52.8% of the vote · D+8.0 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 7,409 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
6,929votes
58.6% of the vote · R+19.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 6,916 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
+11.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+9.9 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +3.5 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+57.8pts R vs U.S.
Place R+56.2 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +42.3 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%7,164 | 42.8%5,356 | 12,520 |
Kansas House District 16 sits within the Wichita metro and leans notably left by state standards, posting a D+9.8 margin in 2024 — a rare result in a legislature dominated by Republican supermajorities.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 17.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 56.2 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.9 points.
A population of 23,745, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $106,831 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 17 and State House District 30.
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 16th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20016/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.