- Lead
- 1,997
- Total
- 9,037
- vs nation
- R+20.6
Kansas 97th State House District
President margin by year
Place winner margin
President results by year
Modeled candidate-vote estimate on current district boundaries
- Lead
- 2,057
- Total
- 8,869
- vs nation
- R+27.6
- Lead
- 2,454
- Total
- 7,913
- vs nation
- R+33.1
- Lead
- 2,486
- Total
- 7,489
- vs nation
- R+37.1
- Lead
- 2,130
- Total
- 7,879
- vs nation
- R+34.3
- Lead
- 2,896
- Total
- 7,363
- vs nation
- R+36.9
- Lead
- 2,209
- Total
- 6,654
- vs nation
- R+33.7
- Lead
- 2,288
- Total
- 6,856
- vs nation
- R+41.9
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+22.1MIT Election Lab
- Population
- 23,5602024 5-year
- Population density
- 760 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
- Land area
- 31 sq miTIGER/Line
- Median household income
- $74,8522024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 65.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 4.9%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 16.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+21.6 in 1912MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+59.4 in 1928MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- State House District 81, KS · twin score 92.3
presidential history
Party record book
Kansas 97th 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
57.0%
1,326 votes · D+14.3 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 · 48.4%
Republican
Herbert Hoover1928
79.0%
1,469 votes · R+59.4 · 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
Kamala Harris2024
3,440votes
38.1% of the vote · R+22.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 3,286 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2024
5,437votes
60.2% of the vote · R+22.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2020 · 5,343 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
+3.6pts D vs U.S.
Place R+2.5 · U.S. R+6.1 · modeled estimate
Runner-up · Woodrow Wilson, 1912 · +2.0 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 · Bob Dole, 1996 · +41.9 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 | 39.7%3,696 | 60.3%5,619 | 9,315 |
| 2020 | R | 41.0%4,036 | 59.0%5,800 | 9,836 |
Kansas 97th State House District sits in the Great Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.6 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 59.4 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the district moved 1.1 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 22.1 points.
A population of 23,560, a 66% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $74,852 describe the district. The district's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of State House District 81 and State House District 98.
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 97th State House District. Akashic. https://akashic.app/sld-lower/20097/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.