- Lead
- 1,757
- Total
- 14,198
- vs nation
- D+13.8
Kansas 17th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 1,733
- Total
- 14,854
- vs nation
- D+7.2
- Lead
- 109
- Total
- 13,065
- vs nation
- R+1.3
- Lead
- 1,669
- Total
- 12,096
- vs nation
- R+17.7
- Lead
- 668
- Total
- 12,566
- vs nation
- R+12.6
- Lead
- 2,238
- Total
- 11,367
- vs nation
- R+17.2
- Lead
- 1,899
- Total
- 9,564
- vs nation
- R+20.4
- Lead
- 1,577
- Total
- 8,401
- vs nation
- R+27.3
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+12.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,2262024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,636 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 14.2 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $114,1042024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 79.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.6%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21.5 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+49.2 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 16, KS · twin score 98.9
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 17th 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
55.3%
7,849 votes · D+12.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 54.5%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
72.5%
3,243 votes · R+47.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 71.1%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
8,097votes
54.5% of the vote · D+11.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 7,849 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
6,745votes
55.8% of the vote · R+13.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 6,734 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
+13.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+12.4 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1900 · +7.5 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+50.9pts R vs U.S.
Place R+49.2 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +38.5 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%7,007 | 42.8%5,239 | 12,246 |
Kansas 17th State House District sits in the Great Plains. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 49.2 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 0.7 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 12.4 points.
A population of 23,226, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $114,104 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 16 and State House District 19.
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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