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Kansas 2000 vs 2008: county swing

80 of 105 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 1 changed hands.

Clay County: swing D+0.9Cloud County: swing R+6.8Decatur County: swing R+7.4Elk County: swing R+3.6Graham County: swing R+3.4Hamilton County: swing R+2.2Jackson County: swing R+4.7Kingman County: swing R+0.5Lincoln County: swing R+10.3Marion County: swing D+6.5Morris County: swing R+7.0Ness County: swing R+4.8Pawnee County: swing R+7.0Reno County: swing D+0.8Rooks County: swing R+10.7Sedgwick County: swing D+6.4Stafford County: swing R+1.5Trego County: swing R+9.9Wichita County: swing R+6.6Wilson County: swing R+2.7Atchison County: swing R+4.6Butler County: swing R+0.7Franklin County: swing D+4.4Johnson County: swing D+14.3Kiowa County: swing R+2.6Labette County: swing R+4.4Leavenworth County: swing D+0.7Logan County: swing R+5.4McPherson County: swing D+6.6Meade County: swing R+2.7Montgomery County: swing R+8.6Nemaha County: swing R+5.1Osborne County: swing R+9.6Ottawa County: swing R+4.3Republic County: swing D+4.7Rush County: swing R+1.1Russell County: swing R+9.3Scott County: swing R+8.6Shawnee County: swing D+1.2Sherman County: swing R+1.8Anderson County: swing R+13.9Barton County: swing R+6.1Chase County: swing R+8.1Chautauqua County: swing R+6.9Smith County: swing R+12.1Stanton County: swing D+2.2Stevens County: swing R+7.1Wabaunsee County: swing R+4.8Woodson County: swing R+5.6Cowley County: swing R+7.3Dickinson County: swing R+7.3Edwards County: swing R+9.5Ellis County: swing R+10.5Ellsworth County: swing R+3.9Ford County: swing D+8.1Gove County: swing R+6.4Greenwood County: swing R+5.3Harper County: swing R+5.6Harvey County: swing D+9.6Jefferson County: swing R+0.6Brown County: swing R+6.7Cheyenne County: swing D+0.7Clark County: swing R+6.1Coffey County: swing R+8.5Comanche County: swing R+4.1Douglas County: swing D+27.8Finney County: swing D+8.5Gray County: swing R+3.7Haskell County: swing D+2.0Kearny County: swing R+4.1Lane County: swing R+8.0Lyon County: swing D+5.7Mitchell County: swing R+5.3Neosho County: swing R+5.9Osage County: swing R+11.6Pratt County: swing R+1.0Rice County: swing R+7.5Saline County: swing R+3.4Sheridan County: swing R+4.9Sumner County: swing R+7.1Wyandotte County: swing D+2.8Miami County: swing R+5.9Morton County: swing R+9.2Norton County: swing R+10.4Phillips County: swing R+7.4Rawlins County: swing R+3.0Riley County: swing D+17.5Seward County: swing D+10.8Allen County: swing R+1.7Barber County: swing R+5.4Bourbon County: swing R+1.2Cherokee County: swing R+10.2Linn County: swing R+14.2Marshall County: swing R+3.2Pottawatomie County: swing R+5.8Thomas County: swing R+2.4Wallace County: swing R+0.3Washington County: swing D+0.6Crawford County: swing D+1.9Doniphan County: swing R+2.0Geary County: swing D+6.8Grant County: swing R+0.6Greeley County: swing D+1.4Hodgeman County: swing R+2.8Jewell County: swing R+3.5
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20002008SwingVotes 2000Votes 2008
Linn County R+21.7 R+35.9 R+14.2 4,259 4,617
Anderson County R+18.8 R+32.7 R+13.9 3,478 3,626
Smith County R+45.7 R+57.8 R+12.1 2,184 2,204
Osage County R+18.7 R+30.3 R+11.6 6,613 7,544
Rooks County R+51.1 R+61.8 R+10.7 2,775 2,588
Ellis County R+23.2 R+33.7 R+10.5 11,160 12,447
Norton County R+46.8 R+57.2 R+10.4 2,451 2,415
Lincoln County R+43.7 R+54.0 R+10.3 1,890 1,586
Cherokee County R+13.5 R+23.7 R+10.2 9,130 9,665
Trego County R+38.3 R+48.2 R+9.9 1,837 1,671
Osborne County R+46.7 R+56.3 R+9.6 2,030 1,930
Edwards County R+39.3 R+48.8 R+9.5 1,563 1,357
Russell County R+44.5 R+53.8 R+9.3 3,482 3,293
Morton County R+56.7 R+65.9 R+9.2 1,557 1,402
Montgomery County R+27.1 R+35.7 R+8.6 13,745 13,907
Scott County R+60.4 R+69.0 R+8.6 2,303 2,179
Coffey County R+37.2 R+45.7 R+8.5 4,040 4,232
Chase County R+34.7 R+42.8 R+8.1 1,317 1,384
Lane County R+52.5 R+60.5 R+8.0 1,133 1,027
Rice County R+32.7 R+40.2 R+7.5 4,520 4,021
Decatur County R+47.2 R+54.6 R+7.4 1,759 1,548
Phillips County R+51.8 R+59.2 R+7.4 2,792 2,667
Cowley County R+17.9 R+25.2 R+7.3 14,210 13,787
Dickinson County R+35.0 R+42.3 R+7.3 8,092 8,667
Stevens County R+64.9 R+72.0 R+7.1 2,111 2,127
Sumner County R+25.7 R+32.8 R+7.1 10,232 10,337
Morris County R+27.1 R+34.1 R+7.0 2,641 2,841
Pawnee County R+30.0 R+37.0 R+7.0 2,940 2,879
Chautauqua County R+48.0 R+54.9 R+6.9 1,880 1,852
Cloud County R+35.6 R+42.4 R+6.8 4,503 4,451
Brown County R+31.4 R+38.1 R+6.7 4,691 4,376
Wichita County R+59.8 R+66.4 R+6.6 1,090 1,019
Gove County R+55.3 R+61.7 R+6.4 1,495 1,418
Barton County R+37.1 R+43.2 R+6.1 10,955 11,057
Clark County R+50.2 R+56.3 R+6.1 1,261 1,159
Miami County R+17.8 R+23.7 R+5.9 11,607 15,377
Neosho County R+20.7 R+26.6 R+5.9 6,886 7,192
Pottawatomie County R+38.2 R+44.0 R+5.8 7,731 9,837
Harper County R+39.6 R+45.2 R+5.6 3,055 2,796
Woodson County R+28.4 R+34.0 R+5.6 1,595 1,599
Barber County R+44.8 R+50.2 R+5.4 2,498 2,462
Logan County R+61.4 R+66.8 R+5.4 1,397 1,440
Greenwood County R+38.4 R+43.7 R+5.3 3,561 2,279
Mitchell County R+49.0 R+54.3 R+5.3 3,266 3,203
Nemaha County R+39.4 R+44.5 R+5.1 5,290 5,359
Sheridan County R+57.1 R+62.0 R+4.9 1,489 1,376
Ness County R+55.3 R+60.1 R+4.8 1,876 1,525
Wabaunsee County R+33.8 R+38.6 R+4.8 3,420 3,521
Jackson County R+19.3 R+24.0 R+4.7 5,250 6,253
Atchison County R+3.0 R+7.6 R+4.6 6,900 7,191
Labette County R+8.5 R+12.9 R+4.4 8,538 9,031
Ottawa County R+48.2 R+52.5 R+4.3 2,791 3,086
Comanche County R+54.5 R+58.6 R+4.1 1,006 974
Kearny County R+53.2 R+57.3 R+4.1 1,435 1,482
Ellsworth County R+35.9 R+39.8 R+3.9 2,839 2,938
Gray County R+53.2 R+56.9 R+3.7 2,160 2,119
Elk County R+43.8 R+47.4 R+3.6 1,550 1,434
Jewell County R+54.4 R+57.9 R+3.5 1,877 1,584
Graham County R+48.3 R+51.7 R+3.4 1,474 1,423
Saline County R+22.9 R+26.3 R+3.4 21,527 22,788
Marshall County R+24.1 R+27.3 R+3.2 5,115 5,036
Rawlins County R+59.9 R+62.9 R+3.0 1,740 1,549
Hodgeman County R+56.8 R+59.6 R+2.8 1,088 1,096
Meade County R+58.6 R+61.3 R+2.7 2,053 1,931
Wilson County R+38.1 R+40.8 R+2.7 4,095 4,121
Kiowa County R+60.2 R+62.8 R+2.6 1,608 1,135
Thomas County R+53.4 R+55.8 R+2.4 3,780 3,673
Hamilton County R+53.5 R+55.7 R+2.2 1,192 1,096
Doniphan County R+33.3 R+35.3 R+2.0 3,649 3,564
Sherman County R+45.2 R+47.0 R+1.8 2,682 2,704
Allen County R+21.6 R+23.3 R+1.7 5,766 5,855
Stafford County R+44.5 R+46.0 R+1.5 2,200 2,074
Bourbon County R+26.0 R+27.2 R+1.2 6,308 6,781
Rush County R+39.4 R+40.5 R+1.1 1,854 1,781
Pratt County R+35.5 R+36.5 R+1.0 4,416 4,190
Butler County R+31.5 R+32.2 R+0.7 21,002 27,873
Grant County R+50.5 R+51.1 R+0.6 2,856 2,661
Jefferson County R+18.1 R+18.7 R+0.6 7,877 8,950
Kingman County R+44.2 R+44.7 R+0.5 3,808 3,664
Wallace County R+73.6 R+73.9 R+0.3 861 804
Washington County R+53.9 R+53.3 D+0.6 3,267 2,980
Cheyenne County R+55.7 R+55.0 D+0.7 1,727 1,498
Leavenworth County R+12.3 R+11.6 D+0.7 23,271 30,591
Reno County R+24.2 R+23.4 D+0.8 25,430 26,512
Clay County R+50.0 R+49.1 D+0.9 4,088 4,054
Shawnee County R+1.5 R+0.3 D+1.2 74,373 84,177
Greeley County R+60.4 R+59.0 D+1.4 803 745
Crawford County flipped R+0.5 D+1.4 D+1.9 15,034 16,075
Haskell County R+65.6 R+63.6 D+2.0 1,616 1,570
Stanton County R+55.4 R+53.2 D+2.2 1,029 827
Wyandotte County D+38.0 D+40.8 D+2.8 48,272 57,169
Franklin County R+26.9 R+22.5 D+4.4 9,658 11,739
Republic County R+54.8 R+50.1 D+4.7 2,985 2,671
Lyon County R+11.7 R+6.0 D+5.7 12,455 12,911
Sedgwick County R+19.1 R+12.7 D+6.4 163,417 192,733
Marion County R+45.4 R+38.9 D+6.5 5,903 6,059
McPherson County R+41.9 R+35.3 D+6.6 12,461 13,386
Geary County R+19.2 R+12.4 D+6.8 6,866 8,094
Ford County R+39.0 R+30.9 D+8.1 8,917 8,864
Finney County R+43.8 R+35.3 D+8.5 9,150 10,354
Harvey County R+26.8 R+17.2 D+9.6 13,684 15,613
Seward County R+53.8 R+43.0 D+10.8 5,096 5,336
Johnson County R+23.3 R+9.0 D+14.3 217,536 283,432
Riley County R+24.6 R+7.1 D+17.5 18,253 22,997
Douglas County D+3.0 D+30.8 D+27.8 39,838 53,398

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data