- Lead
- 40
- Total
- 9,190
- vs nation
- D+1.9
Kansas 88th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 203
- Total
- 9,008
- vs nation
- R+2.2
- Lead
- 332
- Total
- 7,785
- vs nation
- R+6.4
- Lead
- 242
- Total
- 7,453
- vs nation
- R+7.1
- Lead
- 245
- Total
- 7,986
- vs nation
- R+4.2
- Lead
- 743
- Total
- 7,122
- vs nation
- R+8.0
- Lead
- 200
- Total
- 6,561
- vs nation
- R+3.6
- Lead
- 306
- Total
- 6,702
- vs nation
- R+13.1
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+0.4MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,4602024 5-year
- Population density
- 1,554 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 15.1 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $75,6472024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 48.6%2024 5-year
- Black
- 15.3%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 12.3%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+42.9 in 1936MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+41.7 in 1892MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 22, AK · twin score 77.8
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 88th 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
Franklin D. Roosevelt1936
71.1%
2,017 votes · D+42.9 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 · 63.4%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
68.0%
1,211 votes · R+37.8 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Richard Nixon, 1972 · 57.5%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Kamala Harris2024
4,546votes
49.5% of the vote · D+0.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 4,484 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
4,506votes
49.0% of the vote · D+0.4 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 4,281 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
William J. Bryan1896
+31.8pts D vs U.S.
Place D+25.7 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · James M. Cox, 1920 · +21.4 pts
Republican
Benjamin Harrison1892
+43.3pts R vs U.S.
Place R+41.7 · U.S. D+1.7 · a third-party candidate carried the Place · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Herbert Hoover, 1928 · +20.4 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 | R | 38.9%3,641 | 61.1%5,713 | 9,354 |
| 2020 | R | 41.0%3,834 | 59.0%5,515 | 9,349 |
With a 2024 presidential margin of just 0.4 points toward Democrats in a reliably Republican state, District 88 stands as one of Kansas's most competitive legislative seats, drawing outsized attention from both parties in targeting cycles.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 42.9 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 41.7 points in 1892. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 0.4 points.
A population of 23,460, a 49% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $75,647 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 22 and State House District 115.
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 88th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20088/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.