2016 United States presidential election in Kansas

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2016 United States presidential election in Kansas

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Turnout67.40% Increase[citation needed]
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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%

Kansas Presidential Election Results 2016.svg
County Results

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 plus 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.[1]

Trump carried the state with 56.16% of the vote, while Clinton received 35.74%.[2] Kansas was among the eleven states in which Clinton reduced Barack Obama's margin of defeat from 2012 (though her vote share percentage was lower than Obama's 38%), largely due to a significant shift towards Democrats in Johnson County.[3][4]

Background[]

The incumbent President of the United States, Barack Obama, a Democrat and former U.S. Senator from Illinois, was first elected president in the 2008 election, running with then-Senator Joe Biden of Delaware. Defeating the Republican nominee, Senator John McCain of Arizona, with 52.9% of the popular vote and 68% of the electoral vote,[5][6] Obama succeeded two-term Republican President George W. Bush, the former Governor of Texas. Obama and Biden were reelected in the 2012 presidential election, defeating former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney with 51.1% of the popular vote and 61.7% of electoral votes.[7] Although Barack Obama's approval rating in the RealClearPolitics poll tracking average remained between 40% and 50% for most of his second term, it has experienced a surge in early 2016 and reached its highest point since 2012 during June of that year.[8][9] Analyst Nate Cohn has noted that a strong approval rating for President Obama would equate to a strong performance for the Democratic candidate, and vice versa.[10]

Following his second term, President Obama is not eligible for another reelection. In October 2015, Obama's running-mate and two-term Vice President Biden decided not to enter the race for the Democratic presidential nomination either.[11] With their term expiring on January 20, 2017, the electorate is asked to elect a new president, the 45th president and 48th vice president of the United States, respectively.

Political landscape in Kansas[]

The state of 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% to 38% 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 PVI of R+6. This result, coupled with Clinton's gains in national polls, caused Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball to move the Kansas race from "Safe Republican" to "Likely Republican" on August 18.[12]

Primary elections[]

Democratic caucuses[]

Results of the Democratic caucuses by Congressional District
  Bernie Sanders
hideKansas 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 N/A 0 0 0
Total 39,230 100% 33 4 37
Source: The Green Papers

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 caucuses

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

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Candidate John Kasich
Home state Ohio
Delegate count 1
Popular vote 8,741
Percentage 11.07%

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Kansas results by congressional district
  Ted Cruz
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

General election[]

Predictions[]

Source Ranking As of
Los Angeles Times[13] Safe R November 6, 2016
CNN[14] Safe R November 4, 2016
Cook Political Report[15] Safe R November 7, 2016
Electoral-vote.com[16] Safe R November 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report[17] Safe R November 7, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18] Safe R November 7, 2016
RealClearPolitics[19] Likely R November 8, 2016
Fox News[20] Safe R November 7, 2016

Polling[]

Minor candidates[]

The following received write-in status:[21]

  • 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[]

Candidate Popular vote Percentage
Donald Trump (Republican) 671,018 56.03%
Hillary Clinton (Democrat) 427,005 35.66%
Gary Johnson (Libertarian) 55,406 4.63%
Jill Stein (Green) 23,506 1.96%
Evan McMullin (write-in) 6,520 0.54%
Darrell Castle (write-in) 646 0.05%
Mike Maturen (write-in) 214 0.02%
Tom Hoefling (write-in) 45 <0.01%
Gloria La Riva (write-in) 7 <0.01%
Mike Smith (write-in) 6 <0.01%
Rocky De La Fuente (write-in) 3 <0.01%
James Hedges (write-in) 3 <0.01%
Lynn Kahn (write-in) 2 <0.01%
Other write-ins 13,189 1.10%
Total 1,197,570 100.00%
Source: 2016 Presidential General Election Results - Kansas

By congressional district[]

Trump won 3 of the 4 congressional districts.[22][failed verification]

District Trump Clinton Representative
1st 69% 24% Tim Huelskamp
Roger Marshall
2nd 56% 37% Lynn Jenkins
3rd 46% 47% Kevin Yoder
4th 60% 33% Mike Pompeo

By county[]

County Clinton% Clinton# Trump% Trump# Others% Others# Total
Allen 26.27% 1,433 66.94% 3,651 6.78% 370 5,454
Anderson 20.06% 672 72.69% 2,435 7.25% 243 3,350
Atchison 30.25% 1,989 61.58% 4,049 8.17% 537 6,575
Barber 12.70% 286 82.15% 1,850 5.15% 116 2,252
Barton 17.91% 1,839 76.82% 7,888 5.27% 541 10,268
Bourbon 21.93% 1,336 72.61% 4,424 5.47% 333 6,093
Brown 21.38% 863 72.00% 2,906 6.62% 267 4,036
Butler 23.77% 6,573 68.96% 19,073 7.27% 2,011 27,657
Chase 23.08% 316 70.78% 969 6.14% 84 1,369
Chautauqua 13.30% 197 83.46% 1,236 3.24% 48 1,481
Cherokee 23.26% 2,005 71.72% 6,182 5.02% 433 8,620
Cheyenne 12.86% 181 83.37% 1,173 3.77% 53 1,407
Clark 11.94% 120 82.09% 825 5.97% 60 1,005
Clay 17.72% 677 75.68% 2,891 6.60% 252 3,820
Cloud 19.36% 761 74.27% 2,919 6.36% 250 3,930
Coffey 17.87% 727 74.98% 3,050 7.15% 291 4,068
Comanche 11.76% 102 82.47% 715 5.77% 50 867
Cowley 28.14% 3,551 65.53% 8,270 6.34% 800 12,621
Crawford 34.91% 5,199 57.91% 8,624 7.17% 1,068 14,891
Decatur 12.26% 178 83.33% 1,210 4.41% 64 1,452
Dickinson 19.60% 1,609 73.43% 6,029 6.97% 572 8,210
Doniphan 17.38% 587 77.15% 2,606 5.48% 185 3,378
Douglas 62.28% 31,195 29.32% 14,688 8.39% 4,204 50,087
Edwards 16.07% 212 78.62% 1,037 5.31% 70 1,319
Elk 12.71% 160 83.24% 1,048 4.05% 51 1,259
Ellis 22.95% 2,742 70.86% 8,466 6.19% 739 11,947
Ellsworth 19.45% 521 73.50% 1,969 7.05% 189 2,679
Finney 31.45% 3,195 62.51% 6,350 6.04% 614 10,159
Ford 27.84% 2,149 66.26% 5,114 5.90% 455 7,718
Franklin 26.37% 2,892 65.53% 7,185 8.10% 888 10,965
Geary 36.27% 2,722 56.96% 4,274 6.77% 508 7,504
Gove 11.09% 149 84.88% 1,140 4.02% 54 1,343
Graham 14.64% 188 79.83% 1,025 5.53% 71 1,284
Grant 18.46% 441 75.51% 1,804 6.03% 144 2,389
Gray 12.73% 263 82.19% 1,698 5.08% 105 2,066
Greeley 12.77% 83 82.15% 534 5.08% 33 650
Greenwood 17.08% 485 76.06% 2,160 6.87% 195 2,840
Hamilton 13.81% 121 80.48% 705 5.71% 50 876
Harper 15.24% 393 77.42% 1,996 7.33% 189 2,578
Harvey 33.98% 5,068 58.11% 8,668 7.91% 1,180 14,916
Haskell 18.09% 245 76.81% 1,040 5.10% 69 1,354
Hodgeman 12.19% 124 84.07% 855 3.74% 38 1,017
Jackson 25.99% 1,512 67.70% 3,939 6.31% 367 5,818
Jefferson 30.20% 2,518 62.53% 5,213 7.27% 606 8,337
Jewell 12.05% 180 81.86% 1,223 6.09% 91 1,494
Johnson 44.76% 129,852 47.40% 137,490 7.84% 22,748 290,090
Kearny 13.22% 174 81.69% 1,075 5.09% 67 1,316
Kingman 17.97% 599 75.88% 2,530 6.15% 205 3,334
Kiowa 10.57% 114 83.41% 900 6.02% 65 1,079
Labette 28.26% 2,291 65.81% 5,335 5.93% 481 8,107
Lane 12.17% 106 82.43% 718 5.40% 47 871
Leavenworth 33.69% 10,209 58.21% 17,638 8.10% 2,454 30,301
Lincoln 14.69% 215 80.53% 1,179 4.78% 70 1,464
Linn 16.63% 736 78.70% 3,484 4.68% 207 4,427
Logan 10.98% 149 83.42% 1,132 5.60% 76 1,357
Lyon 37.83% 4,649 53.32% 6,552 8.85% 1,087 12,288
Marion 21.41% 1,204 71.18% 4,003 7.41% 417 5,624
Marshall 22.94% 1,072 70.77% 3,307 6.29% 294 4,673
McPherson 25.32% 3,226 67.09% 8,549 7.59% 967 12,742
Meade 12.21% 210 82.27% 1,415 5.52% 95 1,720
Miami 26.57% 3,991 66.59% 10,003 6.84% 1,028 15,022
Mitchell 16.21% 477 78.45% 2,308 5.34% 157 2,942
Montgomery 21.97% 2,637 72.30% 8,679 5.73% 688 12,004
Morris 22.90% 601 69.36% 1,820 7.74% 203 2,624
Morton 12.33% 147 83.47% 995 4.19% 50 1,192
Nemaha 14.15% 725 80.52% 4,124 5.33% 273 5,122
Neosho 23.77% 1,501 70.18% 4,431 6.05% 382 6,314
Ness 11.14% 162 84.46% 1,228 4.40% 64 1,454
Norton 12.58% 281 82.36% 1,840 5.06% 113 2,234
Osage 24.88% 1,753 68.49% 4,826 6.63% 467 7,046
Osborne 13.03% 233 81.66% 1,460 5.31% 95 1,788
Ottawa 14.61% 424 78.64% 2,283 6.75% 196 2,903
Pawnee 21.76% 579 71.55% 1,904 6.69% 178 2,661
Phillips 11.26% 300 83.82% 2,233 4.92% 131 2,664
Pottawatomie 20.81% 2,225 71.19% 7,612 8.01% 856 10,693
Pratt 20.07% 771 73.87% 2,838 6.06% 233 3,842
Rawlins 11.07% 163 82.88% 1,220 6.05% 89 1,472
Reno 28.24% 6,837 64.08% 15,513 7.68% 1,860 24,210
Republic 14.83% 375 80.03% 2,024 5.14% 130 2,529
Rice 18.27% 695 74.58% 2,837 7.15% 272 3,804
Riley 43.38% 9,341 46.94% 10,107 9.68% 2,084 21,532
Rooks 11.37% 275 83.96% 2,031 4.67% 113 2,419
Rush 15.50% 233 79.64% 1,197 4.86% 73 1,503
Russell 14.44% 461 80.61% 2,574 4.95% 158 3,193
Saline 28.63% 6,317 62.67% 13,828 8.70% 1,919 22,064
Scott 10.72% 236 84.70% 1,865 4.59% 101 2,202
Sedgwick 36.88% 69,627 55.28% 104,353 7.84% 14,803 188,783
Seward 32.31% 1,628 62.70% 3,159 4.98% 251 5,038
Shawnee 44.99% 33,926 47.65% 35,934 7.35% 5,546 75,406
Sheridan 09.24% 127 87.12% 1,197 3.64% 50 1,374
Sherman 13.28% 347 80.01% 2,089 6.74% 176 2,612
Smith 14.54% 297 81.34% 1,661 4.11% 84 2,042
Stafford 16.03% 304 78.59% 1,490 5.38% 102 1,896
Stanton 18.05% 115 77.24% 492 4.71% 30 637
Stevens 11.63% 220 84.56% 1,599 3.81% 72 1,891
Sumner 21.35% 2,076 71.84% 6,984 6.81% 662 9,722
Thomas 13.23% 473 81.32% 2,908 5.45% 195 3,576
Trego 13.36% 198 82.79% 1,227 3.85% 57 1,482
Wabaunsee 22.96% 776 70.18% 2,372 6.86% 232 3,380
Wallace 05.76% 46 90.35% 721 3.88% 31 798
Washington 14.00% 387 79.35% 2,194 6.65% 184 2,765
Wichita 14.64% 140 80.44% 769 4.92% 47 956
Wilson 16.54% 594 77.64% 2,788 5.82% 209 3,591
Woodson 18.92% 273 74.98% 1,082 6.10% 88 1,443
Wyandotte 61.80% 30,146 32.40% 15,806 5.80% 2,829 48,781

See also[]

  • 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[]

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