2016 United States presidential election in Kansas

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2016 United States presidential election in Kansas
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  2012 November 8, 2016 2020  
Turnout59.70% [1] Increase2.svg
  Donald Trump official portrait (3x4a).jpg Hillary Clinton by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
Nominee Donald Trump Hillary Clinton
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Mike Pence Tim Kaine
Electoral vote60
Popular vote671,018427,005
Percentage56.16%35.74%

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2016 Kansas presidential election by congressional district.svg
2016 United States presidential election in Kansas map by municipality.svg
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President before election

Barack Obama
Democratic

Elected President

Donald Trump
Republican

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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]

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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

Results of the Democratic caucuses by Congressional District
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Results of the Democratic caucuses by Congressional District
  Bernie Sanders
Kansas Democratic caucuses, March 5, 2016
CandidateDistrict delegatesEstimated delegates
CountPercentagePledgedUnpledgedTotal
Bernie Sanders 26,63767.90%23023
Hillary Clinton 12,59332.10%10414
Uncommitted000
Total39,230100%33437
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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  2012 March 5, 2016 (2016-03-05) 2020  
  VA
ME  
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Candidate Ted Cruz Donald Trump
Home state Texas New York
Delegate count249
Popular vote37,51218,443
Percentage47.50%23.35%

  Marco Rubio by Gage Skidmore 8 (cropped).jpg John Kasich (24618295175) (cropped).jpg
Candidate Marco Rubio John Kasich
Home state Florida Ohio
Delegate count61
Popular vote13,2958,741
Percentage16.83%11.07%

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Results by congressional districts
  Ted Cruz
  40–50%
  50–60%
Kansas Republican precinct caucuses, March 5, 2016
CandidateVotesPercentageActual delegate count
BoundUnboundTotal
Ted Cruz 37,51247.50%24024
Donald Trump 18,44323.35%909
Marco Rubio 13,29516.83%606
John Kasich 8,74111.07%101
Ben Carson (withdrawn)5820.74%000
Uncommitted2790.35%000
Jeb Bush (withdrawn)840.11%000
Carly Fiorina (withdrawn)420.05%000
Unprojected delegates:000
Total:78,978100.00%40040
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

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

SourceRankingAs of
Los Angeles Times [8] Safe RNovember 6, 2016
CNN [9] Safe RNovember 4, 2016
Cook Political Report [10] Safe RNovember 7, 2016
Electoral-vote.com [11] Safe RNovember 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report [12] Safe RNovember 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe RNovember 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics [14] Likely RNovember 8, 2016
Fox News [15] Safe RNovember 7, 2016

Polling

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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Donald Trump 671,018 56.65%
Democratic Hillary Clinton 427,00536.05%
Libertarian Gary Johnson 55,4064.68%
Green Jill Stein 23,5061.98%
Independent Evan McMullin (write-in)6,5200.55%
Write-in 9470.08%
Total votes1,184,402 100.00%

By county

County [18] [19] Donald Trump
Republican
Hillary Clinton
Democratic
Gary Johnson
Libertarian
Jill Stein
Green
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Allen 3,65166.27%1,43326.01%2294.16%1212.20%761.36%2,21840.26%5,509
Anderson 2,43572.69%67220.06%1514.51%812.42%110.33%1,76352.63%3,350
Atchison 4,04961.58%1,98930.25%3164.81%1632.48%580.88%2,06031.33%6,575
Barber 1,85081.82%28612.65%783.45%281.24%190.84%1,56469.17%2,261
Barton 7,88876.29%1,83917.79%3473.36%1571.52%1081.05%6,04958.50%10,339
Bourbon 4,42471.64%1,33621.64%2053.32%1081.75%1021.66%3,08850.00%6,175
Brown 2,90671.35%86321.19%1583.88%972.38%491.20%2,04350.16%4,073
Butler 19,07368.96%6,57323.77%1,4155.12%3951.43%2010.73%12,50045.19%27,657
Chase 96970.78%31623.08%453.29%312.26%80.58%65347.70%1,369
Chautauqua 1,23683.46%19713.30%251.69%231.55%00.00%1,03970.16%1,481
Cherokee 6,18270.91%2,00523.00%2963.40%1301.49%1051.20%4,17747.91%8,718
Cheyenne 1,17383.37%18112.86%292.06%201.42%40.28%99270.51%1,407
Clark 82581.52%12011.86%363.56%201.98%111.09%70569.66%1,012
Clay 2,89174.94%67717.55%1503.89%852.20%551.42%2,21457.39%3,858
Cloud 2,91973.81%76119.24%1614.07%741.87%401.01%2,15854.57%3,955
Coffey 3,05074.98%72717.87%1894.65%701.72%320.79%2,32357.11%4,068
Comanche 71582.47%10211.76%404.61%101.15%00.00%61370.71%867
Cowley 8,27065.53%3,55128.14%4793.80%2752.18%460.36%4,71937.39%12,621
Crawford 8,62457.21%5,19934.49%6724.46%3142.08%2651.76%3,42522.72%15,074
Decatur 1,21083.05%17812.22%422.88%201.37%70.48%1,03270.83%1,457
Dickinson 6,02973.43%1,60919.60%3694.49%1692.06%340.42%4,42053.83%8,210
Doniphan 2,60676.76%58717.29%1253.68%561.65%210.72%2,01959.47%3,395
Douglas 14,68828.78%31,19561.13%2,4294.76%1,5553.05%1,1642.28%-16,507-32.35%51,031
Edwards 1,03778.62%21216.07%332.50%342.58%30.23%82562.55%1,319
Elk 1,04883.24%16012.71%352.78%161.27%00.00%88870.53%1,259
Ellis 8,46670.19%2,74222.73%4643.85%2371.96%1531.27%5,72447.46%12,062
Ellsworth 1,96972.76%52119.25%1073.95%742.73%351.30%1,44853.51%2,706
Finney 6,35061.74%3,19531.06%4244.12%1801.75%1361.33%3,15530.68%10,285
Ford 5,11465.78%2,14927.64%2813.61%1361.75%941.21%2,96538.14%7,774
Franklin 7,18564.83%2,89226.10%5685.13%2652.39%1721.55%4,29338.73%11,082
Geary 4,27456.33%2,72235.87%3124.11%1562.06%1241.63%1,55220.46%7,588
Gove 1,14084.88%14911.09%413.05%130.97%00.00%99173.79%1,343
Graham 1,02579.83%18814.64%382.96%302.34%30.23%83765.19%1,284
Grant 1,80475.51%44118.46%1014.23%331.38%100.42%1,36357.05%2,389
Gray 1,69882.19%26312.73%753.63%301.45%00.00%1,43569.46%2,066
Greeley 53482.15%8312.77%253.85%81.23%00.00%45169.38%650
Greenwood 2,16076.06%48517.08%1224.30%592.08%140.49%1,67558.98%2,840
Hamilton 70580.48%12113.81%313.54%141.60%50.57%58466.67%876
Harper 1,99677.16%39315.19%1174.52%602.32%210.81%1,60361.97%2,587
Harvey 8,66857.34%5,06833.53%6844.53%3702.45%3262.15%3,60023.81%15,116
Haskell 1,04076.81%24518.09%413.03%221.62%60.44%79558.72%1,354
Hodgeman 85584.07%12412.19%212.06%171.67%00.00%73171.88%1,017
Jackson 3,91967.70%1,51225.99%2133.66%1432.46%110.19%2,42741.71%5,818
Jefferson 5,21361.77%2,51829.83%3844.55%1852.19%1401.66%2,69531.94%8,440
Jewell 1,22381.86%18012.05%483.21%412.74%20.13%1,04369.81%1,494
Johnson 137,49046.73%129,85244.14%15,1565.15%5,0221.71%6,6882.27%7,6382.59%294,208
Kearny 1,07581.69%17413.22%413.12%130.99%130.99%90168.47%1,316
Kingman 2,53075.88%59917.97%1143.42%692.07%220.66%1,93157.91%3,334
Kiowa 90082.42%11410.44%444.03%161.47%181.65%78671.98%1,092
Labette 5,33564.92%2,29127.88%2983.63%1662.02%1281.56%3,04437.04%8,218
Lane 71882.43%10612.17%333.79%141.61%00.00%61270.26%871
Leavenworth 17,63857.57%10,20933.32%1,6115.26%6622.16%5191.69%7,42924.25%30,639
Lincoln 1,17980.53%21514.69%412.80%291.98%00.00%96465.84%1,464
Linn 3,48478.22%73616.52%1192.67%651.46%501.12%2,74861.70%4,454
Logan 1,13283.17%14910.95%473.45%282.06%50.36%98372.22%1,361
Lyon 6,55252.53%4,64937.28%6705.37%3312.65%2702.17%1,90315.25%12,472
Marion 4,00370.60%1,20421.23%2274.00%1432.52%931.64%2,79949.37%5,670
Marshall 3,30770.77%1,07222.94%2044.37%731.56%170.36%2,23547.83%4,673
McPherson 8,54967.09%3,22625.32%5744.50%2952.32%980.77%5,32341.77%12,742
Meade 1,41581.70%21012.12%623.58%181.04%271.56%1,20569.58%1,732
Miami 10,00365.92%3,99126.30%6834.50%2591.71%2391.58%6,01239.62%15,175
Mitchell 2,30878.45%47716.21%893.03%551.87%130.44%1,83162.24%2,942
Montgomery 8,67972.30%2,63721.97%4073.39%2101.75%710.59%6,04250.33%12,004
Morris 1,82069.36%60122.90%1385.26%622.36%30.11%1,21946.46%2,624
Morton 99582.92%14712.25%332.75%141.17%110.92%84870.67%1,200
Nemaha 4,12480.52%72514.15%1643.20%821.60%270.53%3,39966.37%5,122
Neosho 4,43170.18%1,50123.77%2403.80%1201.90%220.35%2,93046.41%6,314
Ness 1,22884.46%16211.14%422.89%211.44%10.07%1,06673.32%1,454
Norton 1,84082.36%28112.58%673.00%411.84%50.22%1,55969.78%2,234
Osage 4,82667.47%1,75324.51%3024.22%1652.31%1071.50%3,07342.96%7,153
Osborne 1,46081.66%23313.03%462.57%412.29%80.45%1,22768.63%1,788
Ottawa 2,28378.08%42414.50%1444.92%421.44%311.06%1,85963.58%2,924
Pawnee 1,90471.55%57921.76%1314.92%341.28%130.49%1,32549.79%2,661
Phillips 2,23383.82%30011.26%873.27%291.09%150.57%1,93372.56%2,664
Pottawatomie 7,61271.19%2,22520.81%5435.08%1931.80%1201.12%5,38750.38%10,693
Pratt 2,83873.87%77120.07%1644.27%501.30%190.50%2,06753.80%3,842
Rawlins 1,22082.88%16311.07%553.74%261.77%80.56%1,05771.81%1,472
Reno 15,51363.23%6,83727.87%1,2805.22%4561.86%4501.83%8,67635.36%24,536
Republic 2,02480.03%37514.83%833.28%431.70%40.16%1,64965.20%2,529
Rice 2,83774.58%69518.27%1945.10%691.81%90.24%2,14256.31%3,804
Riley 10,10746.00%9,34142.51%1,4686.68%3991.82%6593.00%7663.49%21,974
Rooks 2,03183.96%27511.37%803.31%291.20%40.17%1,75672.59%2,419
Rush 1,19779.64%23315.50%553.66%181.20%00.00%96464.14%1,503
Russell 2,57480.61%46114.44%1113.48%441.38%30.09%2,11366.17%3,193
Saline 13,82862.80%6,31728.63%1,3786.25%4612.09%800.37%7,51134.04%22,064
Scott 1,86584.70%23610.72%693.13%271.23%50.23%1,62973.98%2,202
Sedgwick 104,35354.41%69,62736.30%9,2144.80%4,0422.11%4,5622.38%34,72618.11%191,798
Seward 3,15962.70%1,62832.31%1863.69%581.15%70.14%1,53130.39%5,038
Shawnee 35,93446.81%33,92644.19%3,4124.44%1,7522.28%1,7422.27%2,0082.62%76,766
Sheridan 1,19787.12%1279.24%382.77%120.87%00.00%1,07077.88%1,374
Sherman 2,08979.58%34713.22%1114.23%471.79%311.18%1,74266.36%2,625
Smith 1,66181.34%29714.54%552.69%291.42%00.00%1,36466.80%2,042
Stafford 1,49078.59%30416.03%623.27%341.79%60.31%1,18662.56%1,896
Stanton 49277.24%11518.05%192.98%71.10%40.63%37759.19%637
Stevens 1,59984.56%22011.63%492.59%231.22%00.00%1,37972.93%1,891
Sumner 6,98471.84%2,07621.35%4204.32%2052.11%370.38%4,90850.49%9,722
Thomas 2,90881.32%47313.23%1313.66%561.57%80.22%2,43568.09%3,576
Trego 1,22782.79%19813.36%402.70%171.15%00.00%1,02969.43%1,482
Wabaunsee 2,37270.18%77622.96%1434.23%692.04%200.59%1,59647.22%3,380
Wallace 72190.35%465.76%151.88%81.00%81.00%67584.59%798
Washington 2,19479.35%38714.00%1244.48%451.63%150.54%1,80765.35%2,765
Wichita 76980.44%14014.64%181.88%121.26%171.78%62965.80%956
Wilson 2,78877.64%59416.54%1353.76%601.67%140.39%2,19461.10%3,591
Woodson 1,08274.98%27318.92%644.44%241.66%00.00%80956.06%1,443
Wyandotte 15,80632.10%30,14661.22%1,7253.50%9471.92%6191.26%-14,340-29.12%49,243
Totals671,01856.03%427,00535.66%55,4064.63%23,5061.96%20,6351.72%244,01320.37%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% Kansas County Swing 2016.svg
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]

DistrictClintonTrumpRepresentative
1st 24%69% Roger Marshall
2nd 37%55% Lynn Jenkins
3rd 46%45% Kevin Yoder
4th 32%59% Mike Pompeo

See also

References

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  2. "Distribution of Electoral Votes". National Archives and Records Administration . September 19, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  3. "Kansas Election Results 2016 – The New York Times". The New York Times . Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  4. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections - County Data".
  5. Martin, David (November 22, 2016). "Why did Hillary Clinton do relatively well in Johnson County? College diplomas". Kansas City Pitch. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
  6. The Green Papers
  7. Kondik, Kyle; Sabato, Larry; Skelley, Geoffrey. "Clinton Rises to 348 Electoral Votes, Trump Drops to 190". Sabato's Crystal Ball. University of Virginia Center for Politics. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
  8. "Our final map has Clinton winning with 352 electoral votes. Compare your picks with ours". Los Angeles Times . November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
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  11. "2016 Electoral Map Prediction". Electoral-vote.com . November 8, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  12. "Presidential Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  13. Sabato, Larry J. (November 7, 2016). "2016 President". University of Virginia Center for Politics . Retrieved March 3, 2019.
  14. "2016 Election Maps - Battle for White House". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  15. "Electoral Scorecard: Map shifts again in Trump's favor, as Clinton holds edge". Fox News. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 13, 2016.
  16. "2016 General Election Write-In Candidates for President and Vice President" (PDF). Office of the Kansas Secretary of State.
  17. Federal Election Commission
  18. 2016 General Election Precinct Level Results - 2016 (Spreadsheet file). Kansas Secretary of State.
  19. "election2016 | Kansas results". CNN Politics. Retrieved October 14, 2025.
  20. https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::d5273801-39a6-4ad6-89fe-c0d1d7460680