- Lead
- 2,720
- Total
- 4,982
- vs nation
- D+56.1
Kansas 34th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 3,825
- Total
- 5,918
- vs nation
- D+60.2
- Lead
- 3,787
- Total
- 5,609
- vs nation
- D+65.4
- Lead
- 4,446
- Total
- 6,118
- vs nation
- D+68.8
- Lead
- 5,242
- Total
- 6,972
- vs nation
- D+67.9
- Lead
- 4,441
- Total
- 6,207
- vs nation
- D+74.0
- Lead
- 4,211
- Total
- 5,809
- vs nation
- D+72.0
- Lead
- 4,025
- Total
- 5,834
- vs nation
- D+60.5
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+54.6MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 24,2302024 5-year
- Population density
- 3,461 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $48,3762024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 16.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 33.1%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 40.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+75.2 in 2008MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+36.8 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 35, KS · twin score 98.5
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 34th 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
Barack Obama2008
86.7%
6,045 votes · D+75.2 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Michael Dukakis, 1988 · 86.1%
Republican
Theodore Roosevelt1904
39.9%
485 votes · D+9.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · 38.6%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Lyndon B. Johnson1964
6,601votes
85.2% of the vote · D+72.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · John F. Kennedy, 1960 · 6,292 votes
Republican
Richard Nixon1960
1,723votes
21.4% of the vote · D+56.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 1,690 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
Michael Dukakis1988
+80.3pts D vs U.S.
Place D+72.6 · U.S. R+7.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Walter Mondale, 1984 · +77.9 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+38.5pts R vs U.S.
Place R+36.8 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Theodore Roosevelt, 1904 · −29.1 pts
Current officeholders
State legislative officeholder from OpenStates nightly current-legislator data.
With a 2024 presidential margin of D+54.6, this district ranks among the most reliably Democratic constituencies in Kansas, likely anchored by a dense urban or university-adjacent population center.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.2 points in 2008 and a Republican high of 36.8 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 10.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 54.6 points.
A population of 24,230, a 17% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $48,376 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 35 and State House District 1.
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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