Kansas

KANSAS

6 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Kansas Secretary of State)

Total Resident Population, July 1, 2012 est.	2,885,905
Total Registration, Nov. 2012	1,771,539

Rep. 790,538 (44.62%) Dem. 446,225 (25.19%) Lib. 11,370 (0.64%) Ref. 981 AmEl. 223 Unaffiliated 522,202 (29.48%)
Kansas has: 105 counties.
Largest Counties: Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Douglas. >
Largest Cities: Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Topeka, Olathe. >

Government
Governor: Sam Brownback (R) elected 2010.
State Legislature: Kansas Legislature House: 125 seats Senate: 40 seats
Local: Communities, Counties NACO Counties
U.S. House: 4R, 0D - 1. T.Huelskamp (R) | 2. L.Jenkins (R) | 3. K.Yoder (R) | 4. M.Pompeo (R).
U.S. Senate: Pat Roberts (R) re-elected in 2008, Jerry Moran (R) elected in 2010.

2012
U.S. House: All four Members were re-elected, three with comfortable margins and Huelskamp unopposed.
State Legislature: All 125 House seats and all 40 Senate seats were up. Republicans kept huge majorities in both chambers; the House went from 92R, 33D to 90R, 35D and Senate 32R, 8D to 31R, 9D.
Ballot Measure: Voters approved a constitutional amendment on taxation of watercraft.

State of Kansas
Secretary of State

KS Democratic Party
KS Green Party
KS Libertarian Party
KS Republican Party
KS Constitution Party

Topeka Capital-Journal
Wichita Eagle
Media (Newsp.)
TV, Radio

Politics1-KS
Ballotpedia-KS

The Jayhawker State

General Election -- Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Voting Eligible Population*: 1,991,759.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.0%.

Voter Registration Deadline: October 16, 2012.
Advance Voting in Person May Begin: October 17, 2012 (must begin October 30, 2012).

371,674 advance votes (31.4% of total votes)

Official Results >
Obama/Biden (Dem.)	440,726	(37.99)
+Romney/Ryan (Rep.)	692,634	(59.71)
Johnson/Gray (Lib.)	20,456	(1.76)
Baldwin/Martin (Ref.)	5,017	(0.43)
Jill Stein (w/in)	714	(0.06)
other write-ins	424	(0.03)
Total........1,159,971

Total votes cast: 1,182,771 including 371,674 advance votes (31.4%) as well ad 38,865 provisional votes.

Overview:
Romney-Ryan won Kansas' six electoral votes with a plurality of 251,908 votes (21.72 percentage points). The Republican ticket carried all counties except Douglas and Wyandotte. The only candidate visit noted in the fall campaign was Libertarian VP nominee Jim Gray's appearance at the University of Kansas in Lawerence on Nov. 5. Ballot Access News reported that the 714 write-in votes for Jill Stein were the second highest number since Kansas began allowing write-in votes for president in 1990.
Obama | (Romney)
BALLOT [PDF]

[State Primary: August 7, 2012]

Republican Presidential Caucuses -- Saturday, March 10, 2012

Democrats
53 Delegates and 4 Alternates.

Republicans
40 Delegates: 3 RNC; 25 at-large; 12 by CD (3 x 4 CDs). 37 Alternates.
1.75% of the 2,286 Delegates.

Official Results (includes provisionals)

Newt Gingrich

4,358

14.35%

Ron Paul
3,900

12.84%

Mitt Romney

6,346

20.89%

Rick Santorum
15,521

51.09%

Other

252

0.84%

Total

30,377

520 of the 957 provisionals were deemed valid votes, included above.
Details

General Election -- Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Voting Eligible Population*: 1,978,713.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 62.5%.

Total Registration: 1,749,756.
Rep. 771,019 (44.06%) Dem. 484,710 (27.70%) Lib. 9,786 (0.56%) Ref. 1,361 (0.07%) Unaffiliated 482,883 (27.60%)

Official Results
Obama/Biden (Dem.)	514,765	(41.65)
Nader/Gonzalez (Ind.)	10,527	(0.85)
Barr/Root (Lib.)	6,706	(0.54)
Baldwin/Castle (Ref.)	4,148	(0.34)
+McCain/Palin (Rep.)	699,655	(56.61)
5 w/ins	71	-
Total........1,235,872

w/ins: Keyes 31, McKinney 35, Allen 2, Moore 2, Judd 1

2008 Overview
McCain-Palin carried Kansas with a plurality of 184,890 votes (14.96 percentage points). The Democratic ticket finished ahead in three counties: Douglas County (includes Lawrence, KS, home of Univ. of Kansas) and Wyandotte County/Kansas City, as in 2004 and Crawford County (in the Southeast on the Missouri border).
Obama/Allies | McCain/Allies | Nader

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Voting Eligible Population: 1,928,764.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 61.6%.

Total Registration: 1,694,365.
Rep. 783,068 (46.22%) Dem. 454,478 (26.82%) Lib. 9,432 (0.56%) Ref. 2,278 (0.13%) Unaffiliated 445,109 (26.27%)

Official Results

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)

4,013

(0.33)

Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)
434,993

(36.62)

Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.) 2,899 (0.24)

Ralph Nader (F.) 9,348
(0.79)

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
736,456

(62.00)

Walt Brown
4

-

David Cobb
33

-

John Joseph Kennedy
5

-

Bill Van Auken
5

-

Total........1,187,756

2004 Overview
Not since LBJ in 1964 has a Democratic presidential candidate carried Kansas. Bush improved upon his 2000 showing gaining a plurality of 301,463 votes (25.38 percentage points). As in 2000, the Democratic ticket carried Douglas County (includes Lawrence, KS, home of Univ. of Kansas) and Wyandotte County/Kansas City.
General Election Details

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000

Voting Eligible Population: 1,927,950.
VEP Highest Office Turnout Rate: 55.6%.

Total Registration: 1,623,623.
Rep. 735,435 (45.30%) Dem. 449,445 (27.68%) Lib. 9,973 (0.61%) Const. 2,700 (0.17%) Ref. 1,887 (0.12%) Unaffiliated 424,183 (26.13%)

Official Results

Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
1,254

(0.12)

Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
399,276

(37.24)

Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
4,525

(0.42)

Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
7,370

(0.69)

+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
622,332

(58.04)

Nader/LaDuke (indep.)
36,086

(3.37)

Hagelin/Ticciati (indep.)
1,375

(0.13)

Total........1,072,218

2000 Overview
Kansas remained firmly in the Republican column as Bush-Cheney defeated Gore-Lieberman by a plurality of 223,056 votes (20.80 percentage points). Gore managed to carry just two of the state's 105 counties: Douglas (includes Lawrence, KS, home of Univ. of Kansas) and Wyandotte County/Kansas City.

1992 and 1996 General Elections

Archive Pages: 2008 | 2004 | 2000

1992

Bush (Rep.)...........449,951	(38.88)
Clinton (Dem.).......390,434	(33.74)
Perot (Ind.) ...........312,358	(26.99)
Others(4+w/ins)........,4,493	(0.39)
Total........1,157,236

1996

Dole (Rep.)............583,245	(54.29)
Clinton (Dem.)........387,659	(36.08)
Perot (Ref.)..............92,639	(8.62)
Others (3+w/ins)......10,757	(1.00)
Total........1,074,300