Ellsworth County, Kansas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
50 precincts · 2,758 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -KS053000240KS053000240 | 105 | 307 | 9 | 421 | 24.9% | 72.9% | R+48.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -KS05300009AKS05300009A | 100 | 256 | 4 | 360 | 27.8% | 71.1% | R+43.3 |
| Precinct -KS053000070KS053000070 | 84 | 228 | 7 | 319 | 26.3% | 71.5% | R+45.1 |
| Precinct -KS053000080KS053000080 | 96 | 192 | 7 | 295 | 32.5% | 65.1% | R+32.5 |
| Precinct -KS053000220KS053000220 | 43 | 217 | 1 | 261 | 16.5% | 83.1% | R+66.7 |
| Precinct -KS053000130KS053000130 | 71 | 179 | 4 | 254 | 28.0% | 70.5% | R+42.5 |
| Precinct -KS053000100KS053000100 | 20 | 68 | 4 | 92 | 21.7% | 73.9% | R+52.2 |
| Precinct -KS053000120KS053000120 | 18 | 62 | 1 | 81 | 22.2% | 76.5% | R+54.3 |
| Precinct -KS053000050KS053000050 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 59 | 8.5% | 91.5% | R+83.1 |
| Precinct -KS053000230KS053000230 | 16 | 42 | 1 | 59 | 27.1% | 71.2% | R+44.1 |
| Precinct -KS053000020KS053000020 | 14 | 38 | 0 | 52 | 26.9% | 73.1% | R+46.2 |
| Precinct -KS053000140KS053000140 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 44 | 6.8% | 90.9% | R+84.1 |
| Precinct -KS053000170KS053000170 | 5 | 39 | 0 | 44 | 11.4% | 88.6% | R+77.3 |
| Precinct -KS053000190KS053000190 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 44 | 6.8% | 90.9% | R+84.1 |
| Precinct -KS053000030KS053000030 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 42 | 7.1% | 92.9% | R+85.7 |
| Precinct -KS053000040KS053000040 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 38 | 15.8% | 84.2% | R+68.4 |
| Precinct -KS05300009BKS05300009B | 13 | 23 | 1 | 37 | 35.1% | 62.2% | R+27.0 |
| Precinct -KS053000150KS053000150 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 37 | 18.9% | 81.1% | R+62.2 |
| Precinct -KS053000200KS053000200 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 37 | 5.4% | 94.6% | R+89.2 |
| Precinct -KS053000180KS053000180 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 36 | 22.2% | 75.0% | R+52.8 |
| Precinct -KS053000010KS053000010 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 35 | 8.6% | 91.4% | R+82.9 |
| Precinct -KS053000060KS053000060 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 34 | 2.9% | 94.1% | R+91.2 |
| Precinct -KS053000110KS053000110 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 29 | 3.4% | 96.6% | R+93.1 |
| Precinct -KS053000210KS053000210 | 1 | 25 | 0 | 26 | 3.8% | 96.2% | R+92.3 |
| Precinct -KS053000160KS053000160 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 22 | 36.4% | 59.1% | R+22.7 |
| Ash Creek Township Voting District20_20053000010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Black Wolf Township Voting District20_20053000020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Buckeye Township Voting District20_20053000030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Canren Township Voting District20_2005300009B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Carneiro Township Voting District20_20053000040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Clear Creek Township Voting District20_20053000050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Columbia Township Voting District20_20053000060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Ellsworth City East Ward 120_20053000070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Ellsworth City East Ward 220_20053000080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Ellsworth City West Voting District20_2005300009A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Ellsworth Township Voting District20_20053000100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Garfield Township Voting District20_20053000110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Green Garden Township Voting District20_20053000120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Kanopolis Township Voting District20_20053000130 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Langley Township Voting District20_20053000140 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Lincoln Township Voting District20_20053000150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Mulberry Township Voting District20_20053000160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Noble Township Voting District20_20053000170 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Palacky Township Voting District20_20053000180 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Sherman Township Voting District20_20053000190 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Thomas Township Voting District20_20053000200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Trivoli Township Voting District20_20053000210 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Valley Township Voting District20_20053000220 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Venango Township Voting District20_20053000230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Wilson Township Voting District20_20053000240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −49.8% |
| 1896 | −2.7% |
| 1900 | −13.9% |
| 1904 | −39.3% |
| 1908 | −7.6% |
| 1912 | +30.0% |
| 1916 | −0.2% |
| 1920 | −34.0% |
| 1924 | −34.3% |
| 1928 | −21.2% |
| 1932 | +28.7% |
| 1936 | +18.4% |
| 1940 | −8.6% |
| 1944 | −15.4% |
| 1948 | −6.8% |
| 1952 | −49.9% |
| 1956 | −30.2% |
| 1960 | −19.0% |
| 1964 | +20.1% |
| 1968 | −23.2% |
| 1972 | −33.1% |
| 1976 | −1.4% |
| 1980 | −38.8% |
| 1984 | −43.9% |
| 1988 | −16.4% |
| 1992 | −5.8% |
| 1996 | −36.4% |
| 2000 | −35.9% |
| 2004 | −47.0% |
| 2008 | −39.8% |
| 2012 | −45.3% |
| 2016 | −53.5% |
| 2020 | −52.6% |
| 2024 | −52.3% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 16.0%359 | 81.1%1,821 | 2,244 |
| 2020 | R | 25.1%715 | 69.9%1,992 | 2,849 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 5.7 points more Democratic.
3,853 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
−28 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −209 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $51,278 in average income, against $71,665 for residents who stayed — 28% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Saline County, KS24
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 | −24 |
| 2012 | +5 |
| 2013 | −87 |
| 2014 | +16 |
| 2015 | −6 |
| 2016 | +14 |
| 2017 | +21 |
| 2018 | −102 |
| 2019 | −49 |
| 2021 | +1 |
| 2022 | +92 |
| 2023 | +5 |
| 2024 | −67 |
| 2025 | −28 |
Ellsworth County sits along the historic Chisholm Trail corridor in central Kansas, where a ranching and agricultural economy has anchored durable Republican supermajorities across nearly every recent election cycle.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 30.0 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 53.5 points in 2016. The 2024 margin was 52.3 points.
A population of 6,360, a 84% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,560 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Cheyenne County and Clay County.
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Ellsworth County, Kansas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/20053/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.