Chautauqua County, Kansas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
28 precincts · 1,527 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -KS019000090KS019000090 | 67 | 242 | 4 | 313 | 21.4% | 77.3% | R+55.9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -KS019000060KS019000060 | 36 | 197 | 5 | 238 | 15.1% | 82.8% | R+67.6 |
| Precinct -KS019000120KS019000120 | 37 | 190 | 3 | 230 | 16.1% | 82.6% | R+66.5 |
| Precinct -KS019000080KS019000080 | 17 | 133 | 1 | 151 | 11.3% | 88.1% | R+76.8 |
| Precinct -KS019000100KS019000100 | 9 | 117 | 1 | 127 | 7.1% | 92.1% | R+85.0 |
| Precinct -KS019000030KS019000030 | 15 | 99 | 1 | 115 | 13.0% | 86.1% | R+73.0 |
| Precinct -KS019000110KS019000110 | 2 | 64 | 0 | 66 | 3.0% | 97.0% | R+93.9 |
| Precinct -KS019000010KS019000010 | 5 | 44 | 0 | 49 | 10.2% | 89.8% | R+79.6 |
| Precinct -KS019000130KS019000130 | 5 | 43 | 0 | 48 | 10.4% | 89.6% | R+79.2 |
| Precinct -KS019000050KS019000050 | 8 | 38 | 1 | 47 | 17.0% | 80.9% | R+63.8 |
| Precinct -KS019000140KS019000140 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 45 | 6.7% | 91.1% | R+84.4 |
| Precinct -KS019000020KS019000020 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 40 | 2.5% | 97.5% | R+95.0 |
| Precinct -KS019000040KS019000040 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 32 | 15.6% | 84.4% | R+68.8 |
| Precinct -KS019000070KS019000070 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 3.8% | 96.2% | R+92.3 |
| Caneyville Township Voting District20_20019000010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Center Township Voting District20_20019000020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Chautauqua Voting District20_20019000030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Harrison Township Voting District20_20019000040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Hendricks Township Voting District20_20019000050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Jefferson Township Voting District20_20019000060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lafayette Township Voting District20_20019000070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Little Caney Township Voting District20_20019000080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| North Sedan Voting District20_20019000090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Peru Voting District20_20019000100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Salt Creek Township Voting District20_20019000110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| South Sedan Voting District20_20019000120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Summit Township Voting District20_20019000130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Washington Township Voting District20_20019000140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −52.0% |
| 1896 | −2.5% |
| 1900 | −11.6% |
| 1904 | −44.9% |
| 1908 | −26.1% |
| 1912 | −2.5% |
| 1916 | −8.3% |
| 1920 | −43.3% |
| 1924 | −33.3% |
| 1928 | −54.3% |
| 1932 | +8.5% |
| 1936 | −9.3% |
| 1940 | −26.2% |
| 1944 | −35.0% |
| 1948 | −20.5% |
| 1952 | −50.1% |
| 1956 | −42.0% |
| 1960 | −41.6% |
| 1964 | −11.4% |
| 1968 | −45.1% |
| 1972 | −58.9% |
| 1976 | −14.1% |
| 1980 | −46.8% |
| 1984 | −54.0% |
| 1988 | −30.3% |
| 1992 | −12.3% |
| 1996 | −29.3% |
| 2000 | −48.1% |
| 2004 | −57.4% |
| 2008 | −54.9% |
| 2012 | −62.8% |
| 2016 | −70.2% |
| 2020 | −72.6% |
| 2024 | −71.3% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 12.9%151 | 84.5%991 | 1,173 |
| 2020 | R | 13.9%225 | 82.9%1,345 | 1,623 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 6.4 points more Democratic.
2,321 registered voters · 2025
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
−35 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −180 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $42,604 in average income, against $57,640 for residents who stayed — 26% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | −17 |
| 2012 | −23 |
| 2013 | −26 |
| 2014 | −48 |
| 2015 | −55 |
| 2016 | +1 |
| 2017 | −20 |
| 2018 | 0 |
| 2019 | −42 |
| 2021 | +28 |
| 2022 | +43 |
| 2023 | +1 |
| 2024 | +13 |
| 2025 | −35 |
With roughly 4,300 residents spread across the Flint Hills borderlands, Chautauqua County recorded an R+71.3 presidential margin in 2024, placing it among the most one-sided counties in a state already dominated by wide rural gaps.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 8.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 72.6 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 1.4 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 71.3 points.
A population of 3,370, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $56,438 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Doddridge County and Sioux County.
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Chautauqua County, Kansas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/20019/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.