United States presidential elections in Kansas

Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Kansas, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1861, Kansas has participated in every U.S. presidential election. As of 2020, Kansas has the longest streak of being decided by more than a 5% margin in presidential elections, with the last race this close being in 1896.

Presidential elections in Kansas

Number of elections	40
Voted Democratic	6
Voted Republican	33
Voted other	1^[a]
Voted for winning candidate	27
Voted for losing candidate	13

Winners of the state are in bold. The shading refers to the state winner, and not the national winner.

Year	Winner (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Runner-up (nationally)	Votes	Percent	Other national candidates^[b]	Votes	Percent	Electoral Votes	Notes
2020^[1]	Joe Biden	570,323	41.56	Donald Trump	771,406	56.21	—			6
2016^[2]	Donald Trump^[c]	671,018	56.16	Hillary Clinton	427,005	35.74	—			6
2012^[3]	Barack Obama	440,726	37.99	Mitt Romney	692,634	59.71	—			6
2008^[4]	Barack Obama	514,765	41.55	John McCain	699,655	56.61	—			6
2004^[5]	George W. Bush	736,456	62.00	John Kerry	434,993	36.62	—			6
2000^[6]	George W. Bush^[c]	622,332	58.04	Al Gore	399,276	37.24	—			6
1996^[7]	Bill Clinton	387,659	36.08	Bob Dole	583,245	54.29	Ross Perot	92,639	8.62	6
1992	Bill Clinton	390,434	33.74	George H. W. Bush	449,951	38.88	Ross Perot	312,358	26.99	6
1988	George H. W. Bush	554,049	55.79	Michael Dukakis	422,636	42.56	—			7
1984	Ronald Reagan	677,296	66.27	Walter Mondale	333,149	32.60	—			7
1980	Ronald Reagan	566,812	57.85	Jimmy Carter	326,150	33.29	John B. Anderson	68,231	6.96	7
1976	Jimmy Carter	430,421	44.94	Gerald Ford	502,752	52.49	—			7
1972	Richard Nixon	619,812	67.66	George McGovern	270,287	29.50	—			7
1968	Richard Nixon	478,674	54.84	Hubert Humphrey	302,996	34.72	George Wallace	88,921	10.19	7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	464,028	54.09	Barry Goldwater	386,579	45.06	—			7
1960	John F. Kennedy	363,213	39.10	Richard Nixon	561,474	60.45	—			8
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	566,878	65.44	Adlai Stevenson II	296,317	34.21	T. Coleman Andrews/ Unpledged Electors^[d]	—	—	8
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	616,302	68.77	Adlai Stevenson II	273,296	30.50	-			8
1948	Harry S. Truman	351,902	44.61	Thomas E. Dewey	423,039	53.63	Strom Thurmond	—	—	8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	287,458	39.18	Thomas E. Dewey	442,096	60.25	—			8
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	364,725	42.40	Wendell Willkie	489,169	56.86	—			9
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	464,520	53.67	Alf Landon	397,727	45.95	—			9
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	424,204	53.56	Herbert Hoover	349,498	44.13	—			9
1928	Herbert Hoover	513,672	72.02	Al Smith	193,003	27.06	—			10
1924	Calvin Coolidge	407,671	61.54	John W. Davis	156,319	23.60	Robert M. La Follette	98,461	14.86	10
1920	Warren G. Harding	369,268	64.75	James M. Cox	185,464	32.52	Parley P. Christensen	—	—	10
1916	Woodrow Wilson	314,588	49.95	Charles E. Hughes	277,658	44.09	—			10
1912	Woodrow Wilson	143,663	39.30	Theodore Roosevelt	120,210	32.88	William H. Taft	74,845	20.47	10
1908	William H. Taft	197,216	52.46	William Jennings Bryan	161,209	42.88	—			10
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	212,955	64.81	Alton B. Parker	86,174	26.23	—			10
1900	William McKinley	185,955	52.56	William Jennings Bryan	162,601	45.96	—			10
1896	William McKinley	159,345	47.63	William Jennings Bryan	171,675	51.32	—			10
1892	Grover Cleveland	no ballots		Benjamin Harrison	157,241	48.40	James B. Weaver	163,111	50.20	10
1888	Benjamin Harrison^[c]	182,904	55.23	Grover Cleveland	102,745	31.03	—			9
1884	Grover Cleveland	90,132	33.90	James G. Blaine	154,406	58.08	—			9
1880	James A. Garfield	121,549	60.40	Winfield S. Hancock	59,801	29.72	James B. Weaver	19,851	9.86	5
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes^[c]	78,324	63.10	Samuel J. Tilden	37,902	30.53	—			5
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	66,805	66.46	Horace Greeley	32,970	32.80	—			5
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	30,027	68.8	Horatio Seymour	13,600	31.2	—			3
1864	Abraham Lincoln	17,089	81.7	George B. McClellan	3,836	18.3	—			3

See also

• Elections in Kansas

Notes

1. James B. Weaver, 1892.
2. For purposes of these lists, other national candidates are defined as those who won at least one electoral vote, or won at least ten percent of the vote in multiple states.
3. Won the electoral college while losing the popular vote
4. Was allied with a slate of unpledged electors in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina

References

1. "Presidential Election Results: Biden Wins". The New York Times. 3 November 2020. Retrieved November 15, 2020.
2. 2016 official Federal Election Commission report.
3. 2012 official Federal Election Commission report.
4. 2008 official Federal Election Commission report.
5. "Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives" (PDF). Federal Elections Commission. May 2005.
6. "2000 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections.
7. "1996 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.