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 2017, 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.
Winners of the state are in bold.
Year | Winner | Votes | Percent | Loser | Votes | Percent | Other national candidates | Votes | Percent | Electoral Votes | Notes |
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2016 | Donald Trump | 671,018 | 56.16 | Hillary Clinton | 427,005 | 35.74 | — | 6 | |||
2012 | Barack Obama | 440,726 | 37.99 | Mitt Romney | 692,634 | 59.71 | — | 6 | |||
2008 | Barack Obama | 514,765 | 41.65 | John McCain | 699,655 | 56.61 | — | 6 | |||
2004 | George W. Bush | 736,456 | 62.00 | John Kerry | 434,993 | 36.62 | — | 6 | |||
2000 | George W. Bush | 622,332 | 58.04 | Al Gore | 399,276 | 37.24 | — | 6 | |||
1996 | 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 | — | — | 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 Sr. | 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 | 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 | 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 |