- Lead
- 1,167
- Total
- 12,842
- vs nation
- D+10.6
Kansas 48th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 907
- Total
- 13,621
- vs nation
- D+2.2
- Lead
- 746
- Total
- 11,428
- vs nation
- R+8.6
- Lead
- 2,327
- Total
- 10,805
- vs nation
- R+25.4
- Lead
- 1,481
- Total
- 11,122
- vs nation
- R+20.6
- Lead
- 2,792
- Total
- 10,215
- vs nation
- R+24.9
- Lead
- 2,340
- Total
- 8,564
- vs nation
- R+27.8
- Lead
- 1,958
- Total
- 7,497
- vs nation
- R+34.6
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+9.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,5062024 5-year
- Population density
- 4,124 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 5.7 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $133,2522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 70.7%2024 5-year
- Black
- 3.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 5.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+14.0 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+53.9 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 28, KS · twin score 98.8
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 48th 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
53.8%
6,905 votes · D+9.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 52.4%
Republican
Richard Nixon1972
75.8%
3,109 votes · R+53.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952 · 74.3%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
7,138votes
52.4% of the vote · D+6.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Kamala Harris, 2024 · 6,905 votes
Republican
Mitt Romney2012
6,458votes
59.8% of the vote · R+21.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 6,451 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
+10.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+9.1 · U.S. R+1.5 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · William J. Bryan, 1908 · +3.0 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+55.6pts R vs U.S.
Place R+53.9 · U.S. D+1.7 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Thomas E. Dewey, 1944 · +45.3 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%7,092 | 42.8%5,302 | 12,394 |
With a D+9.1 presidential margin in 2024, this district stands out in a state that leans heavily Republican statewide, suggesting a concentrated urban or college-town population base driving its leftward tilt.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 53.9 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 2.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 9.1 points.
A population of 23,506, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $133,252 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 28 and State House District 49.
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 48th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20048/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.