2016 United States presidential election in Kansas

2016 United States presidential election in Kansas

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Turnout	59.70% [1]
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Party Republican Democratic Home state New York New York Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine Electoral vote 6 0 Popular vote 671,018 427,005 Percentage 56.16% 35.74%
County results Congressional district results Municipality results Precinct results Trump   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Clinton   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100% Tie/No Data
President before election Barack Obama Democratic Elected President Donald Trump Republican

Treemap of the popular vote by county

The 2016 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states and the District of Columbia participated. Kansas voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Kansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College. ^[2]

Trump carried the state with 56.16 percent of the vote, while Clinton received 35.74 percent. ^[3] Kansas was among eleven states (and the District of Columbia) in which Clinton improved on Barack Obama's margin from 2012 (though her vote share was lower than Obama's 38 percent), largely due to a significant shift towards Democrats in Johnson County. ^{[4] [5]}

This was the final election of Johnson County's 104-year streak of voting Republican, as in the next election Joe Biden would become the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the county since 1916.

This is the most recent election as of the 2024 election where Johnson County, Riley County, or Shawnee County has voted Republican. This is also the last time the Democratic nominee won less than 40% of the vote in Kansas.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

Main article: 2016 Kansas Democratic presidential caucuses

Results of the Democratic caucuses by Congressional District

  Bernie Sanders

Kansas Democratic caucuses, March 5, 2016
Candidate	District delegates		Estimated delegates
	Count	Percentage	Pledged	Unpledged	Total
Bernie Sanders	26,637	67.90%	23	0	23
Hillary Clinton	12,593	32.10%	10	4	14
Uncommitted	—		0	0	0
Total	39,230	100%	33	4	37
Source: [6]

Bernie Sanders visited Kansas during the primary season, while Hillary Clinton did not herself and instead sent her daughter Chelsea Clinton to hold a rally in Johnson County.

Republican caucuses

2016 Kansas Republican presidential caucuses

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Candidate Ted Cruz Donald Trump Home state Texas New York Delegate count 24 9 Popular vote 37,512 18,443 Percentage 47.50% 23.35%   Candidate Marco Rubio John Kasich Home state Florida Ohio Delegate count 6 1 Popular vote 13,295 8,741 Percentage 16.83% 11.07%

Results by congressional districts   Ted Cruz   40–50%   50–60% Kansas Republican precinct caucuses, March 5, 2016 Candidate Votes Percentage Actual delegate count Bound Unbound Total Ted Cruz 37,512 47.50% 24 0 24 Donald Trump 18,443 23.35% 9 0 9 Marco Rubio 13,295 16.83% 6 0 6 John Kasich 8,741 11.07% 1 0 1 Ben Carson (withdrawn) 582 0.74% 0 0 0 Uncommitted 279 0.35% 0 0 0 Jeb Bush (withdrawn) 84 0.11% 0 0 0 Carly Fiorina (withdrawn) 42 0.05% 0 0 0 Unprojected delegates: 0 0 0 Total: 78,978 100.00% 40 0 40 Source: The Green Papers Delegates were awarded to candidates at the statewide and congressional district level who got 10% or more of the vote proportionally. The 3 RNC delegates were awarded to the winner. General election Voting history Main article: Political party strength in Kansas Kansas has given its electoral votes to the Republican ticket since 1968, and only once to the Democrats (1964) since 1940. At the time, all current statewide officials were Republicans, as were all four members of the state's U.S. House delegation. Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama by a margin of 60 percent to 38 percent in 2012. A poll conducted by John Zogby found Clinton leading Trump by 7 points in June. In addition, an internal poll for Representative Kevin Yoder, a Republican from Kansas' 3rd congressional district, released an internal poll showing Clinton leading Trump by 6 points in his district. This district voted for Mitt Romney by a 10-point margin in 2012 and has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+6. This result, coupled with Clinton's gains in national polls, caused Sabato's Crystal Ball to move the Kansas race from "Safe Republican" to "Likely Republican" on August 18. [7] Predictions Source Ranking As of Los Angeles Times [8] Safe R November 6, 2016 CNN [9] Safe R November 4, 2016 Cook Political Report [10] Safe R November 7, 2016 Electoral-vote.com [11] Safe R November 8, 2016 Rothenberg Political Report [12] Safe R November 7, 2016 Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe R November 7, 2016 RealClearPolitics [14] Likely R November 8, 2016 Fox News [15] Safe R November 7, 2016 Polling See also: Statewide opinion polling for the 2016 United States presidential election § Kansas Candidates Minor candidates The following received write-in status: [16] President: Andrew D. Basiago; Vice President: Karen D. Kinnison President: Darrell L Castle; Vice President: Scott N. Bradley President: "Rocky" Roque De La Fuente, Vice President: Michael Steinberg President: Rocky Giordani; Vice President: Farley M Anderson President: James A Hedges; Vice President: Bill V Bayes President: Tom Hoefling; Vice President: Steve Schulin President: Lynn Kahn; Vice President: Kathy Monahan President: Gloria La Riva; Vice President: Eugene Puryer President: Michael S. Levinson; Vice President: Perry E. Wharton, II President: Michael A Maturen; Vice President: Juan A Munoz President: Evan McMullin; Vice President: Nathan D Johnson President: Monica G. Moorehead; Vice President: Lamont G. Lilly President: Darryl Perry; Vice President: Conan Salada President: Marshall R. Schoenke; Vice President: James C. Mitchell, Jr. President: Joe C Schriner; Vice President: Joe Moreaux President: Mike Smith; Vice President: Daniel White President: Timothy Cook; Vice President: John Stein Results 2016 United States presidential election in Kansas [17] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Donald Trump 671,018 56.65% Democratic Hillary Clinton 427,005 36.05% Libertarian Gary Johnson 55,406 4.68% Green Jill Stein 23,506 1.98% Independent Evan McMullin (write-in) 6,520 0.55% Write-in 947 0.08% Total votes 1,184,402 100.00% By county County [18] [19] Donald Trump Republican Hillary Clinton Democratic Gary Johnson Libertarian Jill Stein Green Various candidates Other parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Allen 3,651 66.27% 1,433 26.01% 229 4.16% 121 2.20% 76 1.36% 2,218 40.26% 5,509 Anderson 2,435 72.69% 672 20.06% 151 4.51% 81 2.42% 11 0.33% 1,763 52.63% 3,350 Atchison 4,049 61.58% 1,989 30.25% 316 4.81% 163 2.48% 58 0.88% 2,060 31.33% 6,575 Barber 1,850 81.82% 286 12.65% 78 3.45% 28 1.24% 19 0.84% 1,564 69.17% 2,261 Barton 7,888 76.29% 1,839 17.79% 347 3.36% 157 1.52% 108 1.05% 6,049 58.50% 10,339 Bourbon 4,424 71.64% 1,336 21.64% 205 3.32% 108 1.75% 102 1.66% 3,088 50.00% 6,175 Brown 2,906 71.35% 863 21.19% 158 3.88% 97 2.38% 49 1.20% 2,043 50.16% 4,073 Butler 19,073 68.96% 6,573 23.77% 1,415 5.12% 395 1.43% 201 0.73% 12,500 45.19% 27,657 Chase 969 70.78% 316 23.08% 45 3.29% 31 2.26% 8 0.58% 653 47.70% 1,369 Chautauqua 1,236 83.46% 197 13.30% 25 1.69% 23 1.55% 0 0.00% 1,039 70.16% 1,481 Cherokee 6,182 70.91% 2,005 23.00% 296 3.40% 130 1.49% 105 1.20% 4,177 47.91% 8,718 Cheyenne 1,173 83.37% 181 12.86% 29 2.06% 20 1.42% 4 0.28% 992 70.51% 1,407 Clark 825 81.52% 120 11.86% 36 3.56% 20 1.98% 11 1.09% 705 69.66% 1,012 Clay 2,891 74.94% 677 17.55% 150 3.89% 85 2.20% 55 1.42% 2,214 57.39% 3,858 Cloud 2,919 73.81% 761 19.24% 161 4.07% 74 1.87% 40 1.01% 2,158 54.57% 3,955 Coffey 3,050 74.98% 727 17.87% 189 4.65% 70 1.72% 32 0.79% 2,323 57.11% 4,068 Comanche 715 82.47% 102 11.76% 40 4.61% 10 1.15% 0 0.00% 613 70.71% 867 Cowley 8,270 65.53% 3,551 28.14% 479 3.80% 275 2.18% 46 0.36% 4,719 37.39% 12,621 Crawford 8,624 57.21% 5,199 34.49% 672 4.46% 314 2.08% 265 1.76% 3,425 22.72% 15,074 Decatur 1,210 83.05% 178 12.22% 42 2.88% 20 1.37% 7 0.48% 1,032 70.83% 1,457 Dickinson 6,029 73.43% 1,609 19.60% 369 4.49% 169 2.06% 34 0.42% 4,420 53.83% 8,210 Doniphan 2,606 76.76% 587 17.29% 125 3.68% 56 1.65% 21 0.72% 2,019 59.47% 3,395 Douglas 14,688 28.78% 31,195 61.13% 2,429 4.76% 1,555 3.05% 1,164 2.28% -16,507 -32.35% 51,031 Edwards 1,037 78.62% 212 16.07% 33 2.50% 34 2.58% 3 0.23% 825 62.55% 1,319 Elk 1,048 83.24% 160 12.71% 35 2.78% 16 1.27% 0 0.00% 888 70.53% 1,259 Ellis 8,466 70.19% 2,742 22.73% 464 3.85% 237 1.96% 153 1.27% 5,724 47.46% 12,062 Ellsworth 1,969 72.76% 521 19.25% 107 3.95% 74 2.73% 35 1.30% 1,448 53.51% 2,706 Finney 6,350 61.74% 3,195 31.06% 424 4.12% 180 1.75% 136 1.33% 3,155 30.68% 10,285 Ford 5,114 65.78% 2,149 27.64% 281 3.61% 136 1.75% 94 1.21% 2,965 38.14% 7,774 Franklin 7,185 64.83% 2,892 26.10% 568 5.13% 265 2.39% 172 1.55% 4,293 38.73% 11,082 Geary 4,274 56.33% 2,722 35.87% 312 4.11% 156 2.06% 124 1.63% 1,552 20.46% 7,588 Gove 1,140 84.88% 149 11.09% 41 3.05% 13 0.97% 0 0.00% 991 73.79% 1,343 Graham 1,025 79.83% 188 14.64% 38 2.96% 30 2.34% 3 0.23% 837 65.19% 1,284 Grant 1,804 75.51% 441 18.46% 101 4.23% 33 1.38% 10 0.42% 1,363 57.05% 2,389 Gray 1,698 82.19% 263 12.73% 75 3.63% 30 1.45% 0 0.00% 1,435 69.46% 2,066 Greeley 534 82.15% 83 12.77% 25 3.85% 8 1.23% 0 0.00% 451 69.38% 650 Greenwood 2,160 76.06% 485 17.08% 122 4.30% 59 2.08% 14 0.49% 1,675 58.98% 2,840 Hamilton 705 80.48% 121 13.81% 31 3.54% 14 1.60% 5 0.57% 584 66.67% 876 Harper 1,996 77.16% 393 15.19% 117 4.52% 60 2.32% 21 0.81% 1,603 61.97% 2,587 Harvey 8,668 57.34% 5,068 33.53% 684 4.53% 370 2.45% 326 2.15% 3,600 23.81% 15,116 Haskell 1,040 76.81% 245 18.09% 41 3.03% 22 1.62% 6 0.44% 795 58.72% 1,354 Hodgeman 855 84.07% 124 12.19% 21 2.06% 17 1.67% 0 0.00% 731 71.88% 1,017 Jackson 3,919 67.70% 1,512 25.99% 213 3.66% 143 2.46% 11 0.19% 2,427 41.71% 5,818 Jefferson 5,213 61.77% 2,518 29.83% 384 4.55% 185 2.19% 140 1.66% 2,695 31.94% 8,440 Jewell 1,223 81.86% 180 12.05% 48 3.21% 41 2.74% 2 0.13% 1,043 69.81% 1,494 Johnson 137,490 46.73% 129,852 44.14% 15,156 5.15% 5,022 1.71% 6,688 2.27% 7,638 2.59% 294,208 Kearny 1,075 81.69% 174 13.22% 41 3.12% 13 0.99% 13 0.99% 901 68.47% 1,316 Kingman 2,530 75.88% 599 17.97% 114 3.42% 69 2.07% 22 0.66% 1,931 57.91% 3,334 Kiowa 900 82.42% 114 10.44% 44 4.03% 16 1.47% 18 1.65% 786 71.98% 1,092 Labette 5,335 64.92% 2,291 27.88% 298 3.63% 166 2.02% 128 1.56% 3,044 37.04% 8,218 Lane 718 82.43% 106 12.17% 33 3.79% 14 1.61% 0 0.00% 612 70.26% 871 Leavenworth 17,638 57.57% 10,209 33.32% 1,611 5.26% 662 2.16% 519 1.69% 7,429 24.25% 30,639 Lincoln 1,179 80.53% 215 14.69% 41 2.80% 29 1.98% 0 0.00% 964 65.84% 1,464 Linn 3,484 78.22% 736 16.52% 119 2.67% 65 1.46% 50 1.12% 2,748 61.70% 4,454 Logan 1,132 83.17% 149 10.95% 47 3.45% 28 2.06% 5 0.36% 983 72.22% 1,361 Lyon 6,552 52.53% 4,649 37.28% 670 5.37% 331 2.65% 270 2.17% 1,903 15.25% 12,472 Marion 4,003 70.60% 1,204 21.23% 227 4.00% 143 2.52% 93 1.64% 2,799 49.37% 5,670 Marshall 3,307 70.77% 1,072 22.94% 204 4.37% 73 1.56% 17 0.36% 2,235 47.83% 4,673 McPherson 8,549 67.09% 3,226 25.32% 574 4.50% 295 2.32% 98 0.77% 5,323 41.77% 12,742 Meade 1,415 81.70% 210 12.12% 62 3.58% 18 1.04% 27 1.56% 1,205 69.58% 1,732 Miami 10,003 65.92% 3,991 26.30% 683 4.50% 259 1.71% 239 1.58% 6,012 39.62% 15,175 Mitchell 2,308 78.45% 477 16.21% 89 3.03% 55 1.87% 13 0.44% 1,831 62.24% 2,942 Montgomery 8,679 72.30% 2,637 21.97% 407 3.39% 210 1.75% 71 0.59% 6,042 50.33% 12,004 Morris 1,820 69.36% 601 22.90% 138 5.26% 62 2.36% 3 0.11% 1,219 46.46% 2,624 Morton 995 82.92% 147 12.25% 33 2.75% 14 1.17% 11 0.92% 848 70.67% 1,200 Nemaha 4,124 80.52% 725 14.15% 164 3.20% 82 1.60% 27 0.53% 3,399 66.37% 5,122 Neosho 4,431 70.18% 1,501 23.77% 240 3.80% 120 1.90% 22 0.35% 2,930 46.41% 6,314 Ness 1,228 84.46% 162 11.14% 42 2.89% 21 1.44% 1 0.07% 1,066 73.32% 1,454 Norton 1,840 82.36% 281 12.58% 67 3.00% 41 1.84% 5 0.22% 1,559 69.78% 2,234 Osage 4,826 67.47% 1,753 24.51% 302 4.22% 165 2.31% 107 1.50% 3,073 42.96% 7,153 Osborne 1,460 81.66% 233 13.03% 46 2.57% 41 2.29% 8 0.45% 1,227 68.63% 1,788 Ottawa 2,283 78.08% 424 14.50% 144 4.92% 42 1.44% 31 1.06% 1,859 63.58% 2,924 Pawnee 1,904 71.55% 579 21.76% 131 4.92% 34 1.28% 13 0.49% 1,325 49.79% 2,661 Phillips 2,233 83.82% 300 11.26% 87 3.27% 29 1.09% 15 0.57% 1,933 72.56% 2,664 Pottawatomie 7,612 71.19% 2,225 20.81% 543 5.08% 193 1.80% 120 1.12% 5,387 50.38% 10,693 Pratt 2,838 73.87% 771 20.07% 164 4.27% 50 1.30% 19 0.50% 2,067 53.80% 3,842 Rawlins 1,220 82.88% 163 11.07% 55 3.74% 26 1.77% 8 0.56% 1,057 71.81% 1,472 Reno 15,513 63.23% 6,837 27.87% 1,280 5.22% 456 1.86% 450 1.83% 8,676 35.36% 24,536 Republic 2,024 80.03% 375 14.83% 83 3.28% 43 1.70% 4 0.16% 1,649 65.20% 2,529 Rice 2,837 74.58% 695 18.27% 194 5.10% 69 1.81% 9 0.24% 2,142 56.31% 3,804 Riley 10,107 46.00% 9,341 42.51% 1,468 6.68% 399 1.82% 659 3.00% 766 3.49% 21,974 Rooks 2,031 83.96% 275 11.37% 80 3.31% 29 1.20% 4 0.17% 1,756 72.59% 2,419 Rush 1,197 79.64% 233 15.50% 55 3.66% 18 1.20% 0 0.00% 964 64.14% 1,503 Russell 2,574 80.61% 461 14.44% 111 3.48% 44 1.38% 3 0.09% 2,113 66.17% 3,193 Saline 13,828 62.80% 6,317 28.63% 1,378 6.25% 461 2.09% 80 0.37% 7,511 34.04% 22,064 Scott 1,865 84.70% 236 10.72% 69 3.13% 27 1.23% 5 0.23% 1,629 73.98% 2,202 Sedgwick 104,353 54.41% 69,627 36.30% 9,214 4.80% 4,042 2.11% 4,562 2.38% 34,726 18.11% 191,798 Seward 3,159 62.70% 1,628 32.31% 186 3.69% 58 1.15% 7 0.14% 1,531 30.39% 5,038 Shawnee 35,934 46.81% 33,926 44.19% 3,412 4.44% 1,752 2.28% 1,742 2.27% 2,008 2.62% 76,766 Sheridan 1,197 87.12% 127 9.24% 38 2.77% 12 0.87% 0 0.00% 1,070 77.88% 1,374 Sherman 2,089 79.58% 347 13.22% 111 4.23% 47 1.79% 31 1.18% 1,742 66.36% 2,625 Smith 1,661 81.34% 297 14.54% 55 2.69% 29 1.42% 0 0.00% 1,364 66.80% 2,042 Stafford 1,490 78.59% 304 16.03% 62 3.27% 34 1.79% 6 0.31% 1,186 62.56% 1,896 Stanton 492 77.24% 115 18.05% 19 2.98% 7 1.10% 4 0.63% 377 59.19% 637 Stevens 1,599 84.56% 220 11.63% 49 2.59% 23 1.22% 0 0.00% 1,379 72.93% 1,891 Sumner 6,984 71.84% 2,076 21.35% 420 4.32% 205 2.11% 37 0.38% 4,908 50.49% 9,722 Thomas 2,908 81.32% 473 13.23% 131 3.66% 56 1.57% 8 0.22% 2,435 68.09% 3,576 Trego 1,227 82.79% 198 13.36% 40 2.70% 17 1.15% 0 0.00% 1,029 69.43% 1,482 Wabaunsee 2,372 70.18% 776 22.96% 143 4.23% 69 2.04% 20 0.59% 1,596 47.22% 3,380 Wallace 721 90.35% 46 5.76% 15 1.88% 8 1.00% 8 1.00% 675 84.59% 798 Washington 2,194 79.35% 387 14.00% 124 4.48% 45 1.63% 15 0.54% 1,807 65.35% 2,765 Wichita 769 80.44% 140 14.64% 18 1.88% 12 1.26% 17 1.78% 629 65.80% 956 Wilson 2,788 77.64% 594 16.54% 135 3.76% 60 1.67% 14 0.39% 2,194 61.10% 3,591 Woodson 1,082 74.98% 273 18.92% 64 4.44% 24 1.66% 0 0.00% 809 56.06% 1,443 Wyandotte 15,806 32.10% 30,146 61.22% 1,725 3.50% 947 1.92% 619 1.26% -14,340 -29.12% 49,243 Totals 671,018 56.03% 427,005 35.66% 55,406 4.63% 23,506 1.96% 20,635 1.72% 244,013 20.37% 1,197,570 Swing by county Legend   Democratic — +12.5-15%   Democratic — +10-12.5%   Democratic — +7.5-10%   Democratic — +0-2.5%   Republican — +0-2.5%   Republican — +2.5-5%   Republican — +5-7.5%   Republican — +7.5-10%   Republican — +10-12.5%   Republican — +12.5-15%   Republican — +>15% By congressional district Trump won three of four congressional districts, Clinton winning the remaining one, which elected a Republican. [20] District Clinton Trump Representative 1st 24% 69% Roger Marshall 2nd 37% 55% Lynn Jenkins 3rd 46% 45% Kevin Yoder 4th 32% 59% Mike Pompeo See also United States presidential elections in Kansas First presidency of Donald Trump 2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Democratic Party presidential primaries 2016 Republican Party presidential debates and forums 2016 Republican Party presidential primaries References "Voter turnout in United States elections". Ballotpedia. Retrieved July 26, 2022. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration . September 19, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2020. "Kansas Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved November 11, 2016. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data". Martin, David (November 22, 2016). "Why did Hillary Clinton do relatively well in Johnson County? College diplomas". Kansas City Pitch. Retrieved January 28, 2019. 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