Ness County, Kansas
Precinct data
Results by precinct
22 precincts · 1,363 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -KS135000080KS135000080 | 35 | 366 | 7 | 408 | 8.6% | 89.7% | R+81.1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -KS135000070KS135000070 | 31 | 173 | 8 | 212 | 14.6% | 81.6% | R+67.0 |
| Precinct -KS135000100KS135000100 | 18 | 182 | 3 | 203 | 8.9% | 89.7% | R+80.8 |
| Precinct -KS135000010KS135000010 | 19 | 153 | 2 | 174 | 10.9% | 87.9% | R+77.0 |
| Precinct -KS135000090KS135000090 | 13 | 91 | 3 | 107 | 12.1% | 85.0% | R+72.9 |
| Precinct -KS135000040KS135000040 | 2 | 59 | 2 | 63 | 3.2% | 93.7% | R+90.5 |
| Precinct -KS135000030KS135000030 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 50 | 8.0% | 92.0% | R+84.0 |
| Precinct -KS135000110KS135000110 | 4 | 42 | 3 | 49 | 8.2% | 85.7% | R+77.6 |
| Precinct -KS135000020KS135000020 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 39 | 5.1% | 94.9% | R+89.7 |
| Precinct -KS135000060KS135000060 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 0.0% | 97.1% | R+97.1 |
| Precinct -KS135000050KS135000050 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 4.2% | 95.8% | R+91.7 |
| Bazine Township Voting District20_20135000010 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Eden Township Voting District20_20135000020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Forrester Township Voting District20_20135000030 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Franklin Township Voting District20_20135000040 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Highpoint Township Voting District20_20135000050 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Johnson Township Voting District20_20135000060 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Nevada Township Voting District20_20135000070 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| North Center Voting District20_20135000080 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Ohio Township Voting District20_20135000090 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| South Center Voting District20_20135000100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
| Waring Township Voting District20_20135000110 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | Even |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −44.4% |
| 1896 | +19.0% |
| 1900 | +6.3% |
| 1904 | −42.7% |
| 1908 | −13.1% |
| 1912 | +17.7% |
| 1916 | +11.6% |
| 1920 | −45.0% |
| 1924 | −43.2% |
| 1928 | −44.3% |
| 1932 | +11.0% |
| 1936 | +21.1% |
| 1940 | −19.2% |
| 1944 | −32.6% |
| 1948 | −19.2% |
| 1952 | −54.1% |
| 1956 | −42.2% |
| 1960 | −27.2% |
| 1964 | +20.2% |
| 1968 | −25.2% |
| 1972 | −39.4% |
| 1976 | +4.1% |
| 1980 | −42.4% |
| 1984 | −52.5% |
| 1988 | −15.8% |
| 1992 | −18.1% |
| 1996 | −46.3% |
| 2000 | −55.3% |
| 2004 | −56.4% |
| 2008 | −60.2% |
| 2012 | −68.6% |
| 2016 | −73.3% |
| 2020 | −78.7% |
| 2024 | −78.9% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 5.6%64 | 91.8%1,057 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | R | 11.4%171 | 84.8%1,273 | 1,502 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 14 points more Democratic.
1,961 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
−23 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −303 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $41,786 in average income, against $77,998 for residents who stayed — 46% 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 | +24 |
| 2012 | −27 |
| 2013 | −7 |
| 2014 | +4 |
| 2015 | −65 |
| 2016 | −50 |
| 2017 | −84 |
| 2018 | −38 |
| 2019 | −30 |
| 2021 | +11 |
| 2022 | +20 |
| 2023 | −25 |
| 2024 | −13 |
| 2025 | −23 |
With fewer than 3,500 residents spread across 1,000 square miles of High Plains, Ness County delivers Republican presidential margins that rank among the widest in Kansas, reflecting a pattern common to the state's sparsely populated wheat-belt counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 21.1 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 78.9 points in 2024. The 2024 margin was 78.9 points.
A population of 2,653, a 80% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,616 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Barber County and Edwards County.
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Ness County, Kansas. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/20135/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.