Kansas — 2008 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate2008 presidential electionKansas · PresidentMcCainR+15.0
How it voted
Share of the 2008 vote
| John McCain ✓Republican | 56.6% | 699,655 |
|---|---|---|
| Barack ObamaDemocratic | 41.7% | 514,765 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 1.7% | 21,452 |
2008presidential margin
D+60R+60
105 counties, each filled by 2008 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Kansas cast 6 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (105 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen County, KS | Republican | R+23.3 |
| Anderson County, KS | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Atchison County, KS | Republican | R+7.6 |
| Barber County, KS | Republican | R+50.2 |
| Barton County, KS | Republican | R+43.3 |
| Bourbon County, KS | Republican | R+27.2 |
| Brown County, KS | Republican | R+38.1 |
| Butler County, KS | Republican | R+32.3 |
| Chase County, KS | Republican | R+42.8 |
| Chautauqua County, KS | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Cherokee County, KS | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Cheyenne County, KS | Republican | R+55.1 |
| Clark County, KS | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Clay County, KS | Republican | R+49.1 |
| Cloud County, KS | Republican | R+42.4 |
| Coffey County, KS | Republican | R+45.7 |
| Comanche County, KS | Republican | R+58.6 |
| Cowley County, KS | Republican | R+25.2 |
| Crawford County, KS | Democratic | D+1.4 |
| Decatur County, KS | Republican | R+54.7 |
| Dickinson County, KS | Republican | R+42.2 |
| Doniphan County, KS | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Douglas County, KS | Democratic | D+30.8 |
| Edwards County, KS | Republican | R+48.8 |
| Elk County, KS | Republican | R+47.4 |
| Ellis County, KS | Republican | R+33.7 |
| Ellsworth County, KS | Republican | R+39.8 |
| Finney County, KS | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Ford County, KS | Republican | R+30.9 |
| Franklin County, KS | Republican | R+22.5 |
| Geary County, KS | Republican | R+12.4 |
| Gove County, KS | Republican | R+61.7 |
| Graham County, KS | Republican | R+51.7 |
| Grant County, KS | Republican | R+51.1 |
| Gray County, KS | Republican | R+57.0 |
| Greeley County, KS | Republican | R+59.1 |
| Greenwood County, KS | Republican | R+43.7 |
| Hamilton County, KS | Republican | R+55.7 |
| Harper County, KS | Republican | R+45.2 |
| Harvey County, KS | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Haskell County, KS | Republican | R+63.6 |
| Hodgeman County, KS | Republican | R+59.7 |
| Jackson County, KS | Republican | R+24.0 |
| Jefferson County, KS | Republican | R+18.7 |
| Jewell County, KS | Republican | R+58.0 |
| Johnson County, KS | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Kearny County, KS | Republican | R+57.4 |
| Kingman County, KS | Republican | R+44.8 |
| Kiowa County, KS | Republican | R+62.7 |
| Labette County, KS | Republican | R+12.9 |
| Lane County, KS | Republican | R+60.5 |
| Leavenworth County, KS | Republican | R+11.6 |
| Lincoln County, KS | Republican | R+54.0 |
| Linn County, KS | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Logan County, KS | Republican | R+66.8 |
| Lyon County, KS | Republican | R+6.0 |
| Marion County, KS | Republican | R+38.9 |
| Marshall County, KS | Republican | R+27.3 |
| McPherson County, KS | Republican | R+35.3 |
| Meade County, KS | Republican | R+61.3 |
| Miami County, KS | Republican | R+23.7 |
| Mitchell County, KS | Republican | R+54.3 |
| Montgomery County, KS | Republican | R+35.7 |
| Morris County, KS | Republican | R+34.1 |
| Morton County, KS | Republican | R+65.9 |
| Nemaha County, KS | Republican | R+44.5 |
| Neosho County, KS | Republican | R+26.6 |
| Ness County, KS | Republican | R+60.2 |
| Norton County, KS | Republican | R+57.2 |
| Osage County, KS | Republican | R+30.3 |
| Osborne County, KS | Republican | R+56.3 |
| Ottawa County, KS | Republican | R+52.5 |
| Pawnee County, KS | Republican | R+37.1 |
| Phillips County, KS | Republican | R+59.2 |
| Pottawatomie County, KS | Republican | R+44.0 |
| Pratt County, KS | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Rawlins County, KS | Republican | R+62.9 |
| Reno County, KS | Republican | R+23.4 |
| Republic County, KS | Republican | R+50.1 |
| Rice County, KS | Republican | R+40.2 |
| Riley County, KS | Republican | R+7.0 |
| Rooks County, KS | Republican | R+61.8 |
| Rush County, KS | Republican | R+40.5 |
| Russell County, KS | Republican | R+53.8 |
| Saline County, KS | Republican | R+26.2 |
| Scott County, KS | Republican | R+68.9 |
| Sedgwick County, KS | Republican | R+12.7 |
| Seward County, KS | Republican | R+43.1 |
| Shawnee County, KS | Republican | R+0.3 |
| Sheridan County, KS | Republican | R+62.1 |
| Sherman County, KS | Republican | R+47.0 |
| Smith County, KS | Republican | R+57.8 |
| Stafford County, KS | Republican | R+45.9 |
| Stanton County, KS | Republican | R+53.2 |
| Stevens County, KS | Republican | R+72.0 |
| Sumner County, KS | Republican | R+32.7 |
| Thomas County, KS | Republican | R+55.8 |
| Trego County, KS | Republican | R+48.2 |
| Wabaunsee County, KS | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Wallace County, KS | Republican | R+73.9 |
| Washington County, KS | Republican | R+53.3 |
| Wichita County, KS | Republican | R+66.4 |
| Wilson County, KS | Republican | R+40.8 |
| Woodson County, KS | Republican | R+34.0 |
| Wyandotte County, KS | Democratic | D+40.9 |
Kansas results by county
105 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen County | John McCain+1,363 | 3,55260.6% | 2,18937.4% | 1182.0% | 5,859 |
| Anderson County | John McCain+1,187 | 2,36265.1% | 1,17532.4% | 892.5% | 3,626 |
| Atchison County | John McCain+550 | 3,79152.7% | 3,24145.1% | 1592.2% | 7,191 |
| Barber County | John McCain+1,235 | 1,83374.5% | 59824.3% | 311.3% | 2,462 |
| Barton County | John McCain+4,775 | 7,80270.8% | 3,02727.5% | 1941.8% | 11,023 |
| Bourbon County | John McCain+1,846 | 4,24062.5% | 2,39435.3% | 1472.2% | 6,781 |
| Brown County | John McCain+1,668 | 2,98568.2% | 1,31730.1% | 741.7% | 4,376 |
| Butler County | John McCain+8,996 | 18,15565.1% | 9,15932.9% | 5592.0% | 27,873 |
| Chase County | John McCain+593 | 97670.5% | 38327.7% | 251.8% | 1,384 |
| Chautauqua County | John McCain+1,017 | 1,41876.6% | 40121.7% | 331.8% | 1,852 |
| Cherokee County | John McCain+2,292 | 5,88660.9% | 3,59437.2% | 1851.9% | 9,665 |
| Cheyenne County | John McCain+825 | 1,14876.6% | 32321.6% | 271.8% | 1,498 |
| Clark County | John McCain+652 | 89777.4% | 24521.1% | 171.5% | 1,159 |
| Clay County | John McCain+1,989 | 2,99874.0% | 1,00924.9% | 471.2% | 4,054 |
| Cloud County | John McCain+1,888 | 3,12170.1% | 1,23327.7% | 972.2% | 4,451 |
| Coffey County | John McCain+1,933 | 3,05472.2% | 1,12126.5% | 571.3% | 4,232 |
| Comanche County | John McCain+571 | 76578.5% | 19419.9% | 151.5% | 974 |
| Cowley County | John McCain+3,480 | 8,49261.6% | 5,01236.4% | 2832.1% | 13,787 |
| Crawford County | Barack Obama+222 | 7,73548.1% | 7,95749.5% | 3832.4% | 16,075 |
| Decatur County | John McCain+846 | 1,18976.8% | 34322.2% | 161.0% | 1,548 |
| Dickinson County | John McCain+3,659 | 6,08170.2% | 2,42227.9% | 1641.9% | 8,667 |
| Doniphan County | John McCain+1,257 | 2,37266.6% | 1,11531.3% | 772.2% | 3,564 |
| Douglas County | Barack Obama+16,469 | 17,92933.6% | 34,39864.4% | 1,0712.0% | 53,398 |
| Edwards County | John McCain+662 | 99573.3% | 33324.5% | 292.1% | 1,357 |
| Elk County | John McCain+679 | 1,04272.7% | 36325.3% | 292.0% | 1,434 |
| Ellis County | John McCain+4,197 | 8,20765.9% | 4,01032.2% | 2301.8% | 12,447 |
| Ellsworth County | John McCain+1,170 | 2,02168.8% | 85129.0% | 662.2% | 2,938 |
| Finney County | John McCain+3,651 | 6,92666.9% | 3,27531.6% | 1531.5% | 10,354 |
| Ford County | John McCain+2,739 | 5,73064.6% | 2,99133.7% | 1431.6% | 8,864 |
| Franklin County | John McCain+2,646 | 7,07960.3% | 4,43337.8% | 2271.9% | 11,739 |
| Geary County | John McCain+1,001 | 4,49255.5% | 3,49143.1% | 1111.4% | 8,094 |
| Gove County | John McCain+875 | 1,13680.1% | 26118.4% | 211.5% | 1,418 |
| Graham County | John McCain+735 | 1,06074.5% | 32522.8% | 382.7% | 1,423 |
| Grant County | John McCain+1,360 | 1,99575.0% | 63523.9% | 311.2% | 2,661 |
| Gray County | John McCain+1,207 | 1,64377.5% | 43620.6% | 401.9% | 2,119 |
| Greeley County | John McCain+440 | 59179.3% | 15120.3% | 30.4% | 745 |
| Greenwood County | John McCain+997 | 1,61971.0% | 62227.3% | 381.7% | 2,279 |
| Hamilton County | John McCain+611 | 84477.0% | 23321.3% | 191.7% | 1,096 |
| Harper County | John McCain+1,263 | 1,99971.5% | 73626.3% | 612.2% | 2,796 |
| Harvey County | John McCain+2,688 | 9,00657.7% | 6,31840.5% | 2891.9% | 15,613 |
| Haskell County | John McCain+999 | 1,27781.3% | 27817.7% | 151.0% | 1,570 |
| Hodgeman County | John McCain+654 | 86578.9% | 21119.3% | 201.8% | 1,096 |
| Jackson County | John McCain+1,503 | 3,81160.9% | 2,30836.9% | 1342.1% | 6,253 |
| Jefferson County | John McCain+1,678 | 5,22058.3% | 3,54239.6% | 1882.1% | 8,950 |
| Jewell County | John McCain+918 | 1,23177.7% | 31319.8% | 402.5% | 1,584 |
| Johnson County | John McCain+25,536 | 152,62753.8% | 127,09144.8% | 3,7141.3% | 283,432 |
| Kearny County | John McCain+850 | 1,15978.2% | 30920.9% | 140.9% | 1,482 |
| Kingman County | John McCain+1,640 | 2,60371.0% | 96326.3% | 982.7% | 3,664 |
| Kiowa County | John McCain+712 | 91280.4% | 20017.6% | 232.0% | 1,135 |
| Labette County | John McCain+1,162 | 5,00155.4% | 3,83942.5% | 1912.1% | 9,031 |
| Lane County | John McCain+621 | 81479.3% | 19318.8% | 201.9% | 1,027 |
| Leavenworth County | John McCain+3,536 | 16,79154.9% | 13,25543.3% | 5411.8% | 30,587 |
| Lincoln County | John McCain+857 | 1,20475.9% | 34721.9% | 352.2% | 1,586 |
| Linn County | John McCain+1,661 | 3,08666.8% | 1,42530.9% | 1062.3% | 4,617 |
| Logan County | John McCain+962 | 1,18782.4% | 22515.6% | 281.9% | 1,440 |
| Lyon County | John McCain+774 | 6,69851.9% | 5,92445.9% | 2892.2% | 12,911 |
| Marion County | John McCain+2,358 | 4,15968.6% | 1,80129.7% | 991.6% | 6,059 |
| Marshall County | John McCain+1,373 | 3,15762.7% | 1,78435.4% | 951.9% | 5,036 |
| McPherson County | John McCain+4,719 | 8,93766.8% | 4,21831.5% | 2301.7% | 13,385 |
| Meade County | John McCain+1,183 | 1,54079.8% | 35718.5% | 341.8% | 1,931 |
| Miami County | John McCain+3,640 | 9,38261.0% | 5,74237.3% | 2531.6% | 15,377 |
| Mitchell County | John McCain+1,739 | 2,44076.2% | 70121.9% | 621.9% | 3,203 |
| Montgomery County | John McCain+4,971 | 9,30966.9% | 4,33831.2% | 2601.9% | 13,907 |
| Morris County | John McCain+968 | 1,87566.0% | 90731.9% | 592.1% | 2,841 |
| Morton County | John McCain+924 | 1,15382.2% | 22916.3% | 201.4% | 1,402 |
| Nemaha County | John McCain+2,385 | 3,81771.2% | 1,43226.7% | 1102.1% | 5,359 |
| Neosho County | John McCain+1,910 | 4,47362.2% | 2,56335.6% | 1562.2% | 7,192 |
| Ness County | John McCain+918 | 1,20779.1% | 28919.0% | 291.9% | 1,525 |
| Norton County | John McCain+1,381 | 1,87877.8% | 49720.6% | 401.7% | 2,415 |
| Osage County | John McCain+2,286 | 4,82063.9% | 2,53433.6% | 1902.5% | 7,544 |
| Osborne County | John McCain+1,087 | 1,49077.2% | 40320.9% | 371.9% | 1,930 |
| Ottawa County | John McCain+1,619 | 2,32375.3% | 70422.8% | 591.9% | 3,086 |
| Pawnee County | John McCain+1,064 | 1,94667.9% | 88230.8% | 391.4% | 2,867 |
| Phillips County | John McCain+1,580 | 2,10578.9% | 52519.7% | 371.4% | 2,667 |
| Pottawatomie County | John McCain+4,330 | 6,92970.4% | 2,59926.4% | 3093.1% | 9,837 |
| Pratt County | John McCain+1,528 | 2,82267.4% | 1,29430.9% | 741.8% | 4,190 |
| Rawlins County | John McCain+974 | 1,24780.5% | 27317.6% | 291.9% | 1,549 |
| Reno County | John McCain+6,196 | 16,11260.8% | 9,91637.4% | 4841.8% | 26,512 |
| Republic County | John McCain+1,338 | 1,97874.1% | 64024.0% | 532.0% | 2,671 |
| Rice County | John McCain+1,617 | 2,78069.1% | 1,16328.9% | 781.9% | 4,021 |
| Riley County | John McCain+1,616 | 12,11152.7% | 10,49545.6% | 3911.7% | 22,997 |
| Rooks County | John McCain+1,600 | 2,06879.9% | 46818.1% | 522.0% | 2,588 |
| Rush County | John McCain+721 | 1,22568.8% | 50428.3% | 522.9% | 1,781 |
| Russell County | John McCain+1,773 | 2,50976.2% | 73622.4% | 481.5% | 3,293 |
| Saline County | John McCain+5,979 | 14,16562.2% | 8,18635.9% | 4371.9% | 22,788 |
| Scott County | John McCain+1,502 | 1,82383.7% | 32114.7% | 351.6% | 2,179 |
| Sedgwick County | John McCain+24,512 | 106,84955.4% | 82,33742.7% | 3,5301.8% | 192,716 |
| Seward County | John McCain+2,298 | 3,79171.0% | 1,49328.0% | 521.0% | 5,336 |
| Shawnee County | John McCain+241 | 41,47649.3% | 41,23549.0% | 1,4661.7% | 84,177 |
| Sheridan County | John McCain+854 | 1,10880.5% | 25418.5% | 141.0% | 1,376 |
| Sherman County | John McCain+1,271 | 1,95972.4% | 68825.4% | 572.1% | 2,704 |
| Smith County | John McCain+1,273 | 1,71978.0% | 44620.2% | 391.8% | 2,204 |
| Stafford County | John McCain+953 | 1,49572.1% | 54226.1% | 371.8% | 2,074 |
| Stanton County | John McCain+440 | 62875.9% | 18822.7% | 111.3% | 827 |
| Stevens County | John McCain+1,532 | 1,81585.3% | 28313.3% | 291.4% | 2,127 |
| Sumner County | John McCain+3,384 | 6,73765.2% | 3,35332.4% | 2472.4% | 10,337 |
| Thomas County | John McCain+2,050 | 2,83777.2% | 78721.4% | 491.3% | 3,673 |
| Trego County | John McCain+805 | 1,22573.3% | 42025.1% | 261.6% | 1,671 |
| Wabaunsee County | John McCain+1,359 | 2,39568.0% | 1,03629.4% | 902.6% | 3,521 |
| Wallace County | John McCain+594 | 69085.8% | 9611.9% | 182.2% | 804 |
| Washington County | John McCain+1,589 | 2,24875.4% | 65922.1% | 732.4% | 2,980 |
| Wichita County | John McCain+677 | 84082.4% | 16316.0% | 161.6% | 1,019 |
| Wilson County | John McCain+1,680 | 2,85069.2% | 1,17028.4% | 1012.5% | 4,121 |
| Woodson County | John McCain+543 | 1,05566.0% | 51232.0% | 322.0% | 1,599 |
| Wyandotte County | Barack Obama+23,359 | 16,50628.9% | 39,86569.7% | 7981.4% | 57,169 |
Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · John McCain (R)
Kansas's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 2008 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −48.4% |
| 1896 | +3.7% |
| 1900 | −6.6% |
| 1904 | −38.7% |
| 1908 | −9.4% |
| 1912 | +18.8% |
| 1916 | +5.9% |
| 1920 | −32.2% |
| 1924 | −37.9% |
| 1928 | −45.0% |
| 1932 | +9.4% |
| 1936 | +7.7% |
| 1940 | −14.5% |
| 1944 | −21.1% |
| 1948 | −9.0% |
| 1952 | −38.3% |
| 1956 | −31.2% |
| 1960 | −21.3% |
| 1964 | +9.0% |
| 1968 | −20.1% |
| 1972 | −38.2% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −24.6% |
| 1984 | −33.7% |
| 1988 | −13.2% |
| 1992 | −5.1% |
| 1996 | −18.2% |
| 2000 | −20.8% |
| 2004 | −25.4% |
| 2008 | −15.0% |
| 2012 | −21.6% |
| 2016 | −20.4% |
| 2020 | −14.7% |
| 2024 | −16.1% |
Same ballot, 2008KS
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2008 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.