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Kansas 2008 vs 2012: county swing

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

Clay County: swing R+3.9Cloud County: swing R+6.4Decatur County: swing R+7.5Elk County: swing R+8.7Graham County: swing R+8.0Hamilton County: swing R+4.7Jackson County: swing R+5.2Kingman County: swing R+6.8Lincoln County: swing R+5.1Marion County: swing R+7.4Morris County: swing R+7.1Ness County: swing R+8.5Pawnee County: swing R+5.9Reno County: swing R+7.9Rooks County: swing R+6.3Sedgwick County: swing R+6.1Stafford County: swing R+7.3Trego County: swing R+13.3Wichita County: swing R+0.9Wilson County: swing R+13.2Atchison County: swing R+12.6Butler County: swing R+9.5Franklin County: swing R+7.4Johnson County: swing R+8.4Kiowa County: swing R+8.3Labette County: swing R+7.3Leavenworth County: swing R+8.1Logan County: swing R+2.0McPherson County: swing R+6.2Meade County: swing R+7.2Montgomery County: swing R+5.6Nemaha County: swing R+13.8Osborne County: swing R+6.6Ottawa County: swing R+6.7Republic County: swing R+11.5Rush County: swing R+10.4Russell County: swing R+7.5Scott County: swing R+1.7Shawnee County: swing R+0.8Sherman County: swing R+6.3Anderson County: swing R+7.5Barton County: swing R+10.7Chase County: swing D+2.2Chautauqua County: swing R+7.9Smith County: swing R+4.8Stanton County: swing R+7.7Stevens County: swing R+1.6Wabaunsee County: swing R+2.4Woodson County: swing R+11.2Cowley County: swing R+4.4Dickinson County: swing R+5.1Edwards County: swing R+6.2Ellis County: swing R+11.9Ellsworth County: swing R+5.5Ford County: swing R+5.0Gove County: swing R+10.1Greenwood County: swing R+8.7Harper County: swing R+5.4Harvey County: swing R+5.3Jefferson County: swing R+4.3Brown County: swing R+5.8Cheyenne County: swing R+10.0Clark County: swing R+5.8Coffey County: swing R+5.6Comanche County: swing R+8.7Douglas County: swing R+6.1Finney County: swing R+3.7Gray County: swing R+8.5Haskell County: swing R+4.0Kearny County: swing R+2.5Lane County: swing R+0.6Lyon County: swing R+5.5Mitchell County: swing R+4.5Neosho County: swing R+7.7Osage County: swing R+1.0Pratt County: swing R+10.6Rice County: swing R+7.8Saline County: swing R+5.3Sheridan County: swing R+11.5Sumner County: swing R+6.6Wyandotte County: swing R+3.7Miami County: swing R+11.0Morton County: swing R+3.2Norton County: swing R+6.5Phillips County: swing R+9.1Rawlins County: swing R+8.6Riley County: swing R+4.9Seward County: swing D+1.9Allen County: swing R+3.9Barber County: swing R+5.6Bourbon County: swing R+6.5Cherokee County: swing R+5.8Linn County: swing R+9.0Marshall County: swing R+8.8Pottawatomie County: swing R+3.2Thomas County: swing R+7.3Wallace County: swing R+7.7Washington County: swing R+8.8Crawford County: swing R+7.3Doniphan County: swing R+9.1Geary County: swing R+0.8Grant County: swing R+7.6Greeley County: swing R+5.1Hodgeman County: swing R+5.4Jewell County: swing R+9.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20082012SwingVotes 2008Votes 2012
Nemaha County R+44.5 R+58.3 R+13.8 5,359 5,026
Trego County R+48.2 R+61.5 R+13.3 1,671 1,579
Wilson County R+40.8 R+54.0 R+13.2 4,121 3,717
Atchison County R+7.6 R+20.2 R+12.6 7,191 6,674
Ellis County R+33.7 R+45.6 R+11.9 12,447 11,714
Republic County R+50.1 R+61.6 R+11.5 2,671 2,686
Sheridan County R+62.0 R+73.5 R+11.5 1,376 1,342
Woodson County R+34.0 R+45.2 R+11.2 1,599 1,447
Miami County R+23.7 R+34.7 R+11.0 15,377 14,856
Barton County R+43.2 R+53.9 R+10.7 11,057 10,341
Pratt County R+36.5 R+47.1 R+10.6 4,190 3,801
Rush County R+40.5 R+50.9 R+10.4 1,781 1,570
Gove County R+61.7 R+71.8 R+10.1 1,418 1,383
Cheyenne County R+55.0 R+65.0 R+10.0 1,498 1,426
Butler County R+32.2 R+41.7 R+9.5 27,873 26,085
Jewell County R+57.9 R+67.2 R+9.3 1,584 1,497
Doniphan County R+35.3 R+44.4 R+9.1 3,564 3,403
Phillips County R+59.2 R+68.3 R+9.1 2,667 2,565
Linn County R+35.9 R+44.9 R+9.0 4,617 4,467
Marshall County R+27.3 R+36.1 R+8.8 5,036 4,773
Washington County R+53.3 R+62.1 R+8.8 2,980 2,889
Comanche County R+58.6 R+67.3 R+8.7 974 928
Elk County R+47.4 R+56.1 R+8.7 1,434 1,369
Greenwood County R+43.7 R+52.4 R+8.7 2,279 2,123
Rawlins County R+62.9 R+71.5 R+8.6 1,549 1,444
Gray County R+56.9 R+65.4 R+8.5 2,119 1,958
Ness County R+60.1 R+68.6 R+8.5 1,525 1,444
Johnson County R+9.0 R+17.4 R+8.4 283,432 274,365
Kiowa County R+62.8 R+71.1 R+8.3 1,135 1,144
Leavenworth County R+11.6 R+19.7 R+8.1 30,591 29,085
Graham County R+51.7 R+59.7 R+8.0 1,423 1,340
Chautauqua County R+54.9 R+62.8 R+7.9 1,852 1,630
Reno County R+23.4 R+31.3 R+7.9 26,512 24,422
Rice County R+40.2 R+48.0 R+7.8 4,021 3,681
Neosho County R+26.6 R+34.3 R+7.7 7,192 6,480
Stanton County R+53.2 R+60.9 R+7.7 827 759
Wallace County R+73.9 R+81.6 R+7.7 804 798
Grant County R+51.1 R+58.7 R+7.6 2,661 2,306
Anderson County R+32.7 R+40.2 R+7.5 3,626 3,315
Decatur County R+54.6 R+62.1 R+7.5 1,548 1,532
Russell County R+53.8 R+61.3 R+7.5 3,293 3,200
Franklin County R+22.5 R+29.9 R+7.4 11,739 10,990
Marion County R+38.9 R+46.3 R+7.4 6,059 5,409
Crawford County flipped D+1.4 R+5.9 R+7.3 16,075 14,945
Labette County R+12.9 R+20.2 R+7.3 9,031 8,037
Stafford County R+46.0 R+53.3 R+7.3 2,074 1,839
Thomas County R+55.8 R+63.1 R+7.3 3,673 3,474
Meade County R+61.3 R+68.5 R+7.2 1,931 1,709
Morris County R+34.1 R+41.2 R+7.1 2,841 2,562
Kingman County R+44.7 R+51.5 R+6.8 3,664 3,231
Ottawa County R+52.5 R+59.2 R+6.7 3,086 2,933
Osborne County R+56.3 R+62.9 R+6.6 1,930 1,838
Sumner County R+32.8 R+39.4 R+6.6 10,337 9,141
Bourbon County R+27.2 R+33.7 R+6.5 6,781 6,254
Norton County R+57.2 R+63.7 R+6.5 2,415 2,325
Cloud County R+42.4 R+48.8 R+6.4 4,451 4,058
Rooks County R+61.8 R+68.1 R+6.3 2,588 2,460
Sherman County R+47.0 R+53.3 R+6.3 2,704 2,623
Edwards County R+48.8 R+55.0 R+6.2 1,357 1,385
McPherson County R+35.3 R+41.5 R+6.2 13,386 12,297
Douglas County D+30.8 D+24.7 R+6.1 53,398 48,145
Sedgwick County R+12.7 R+18.8 R+6.1 192,733 182,895
Pawnee County R+37.0 R+42.9 R+5.9 2,879 2,608
Brown County R+38.1 R+43.9 R+5.8 4,376 3,993
Cherokee County R+23.7 R+29.5 R+5.8 9,665 8,571
Clark County R+56.3 R+62.1 R+5.8 1,159 1,017
Barber County R+50.2 R+55.8 R+5.6 2,462 2,314
Coffey County R+45.7 R+51.3 R+5.6 4,232 3,906
Montgomery County R+35.7 R+41.3 R+5.6 13,907 12,417
Ellsworth County R+39.8 R+45.3 R+5.5 2,938 2,712
Lyon County R+6.0 R+11.5 R+5.5 12,911 11,875
Harper County R+45.2 R+50.6 R+5.4 2,796 2,389
Hodgeman County R+59.6 R+65.0 R+5.4 1,096 1,060
Harvey County R+17.2 R+22.5 R+5.3 15,613 14,294
Saline County R+26.3 R+31.6 R+5.3 22,788 21,496
Jackson County R+24.0 R+29.2 R+5.2 6,253 5,561
Dickinson County R+42.3 R+47.4 R+5.1 8,667 8,042
Greeley County R+59.0 R+64.1 R+5.1 745 670
Lincoln County R+54.0 R+59.1 R+5.1 1,586 1,483
Ford County R+30.9 R+35.9 R+5.0 8,864 8,362
Riley County R+7.1 R+12.0 R+4.9 22,997 21,101
Smith County R+57.8 R+62.6 R+4.8 2,204 2,023
Hamilton County R+55.7 R+60.4 R+4.7 1,096 877
Mitchell County R+54.3 R+58.8 R+4.5 3,203 2,965
Cowley County R+25.2 R+29.6 R+4.4 13,787 12,710
Jefferson County R+18.7 R+23.0 R+4.3 8,950 8,013
Haskell County R+63.6 R+67.6 R+4.0 1,570 1,396
Allen County R+23.3 R+27.2 R+3.9 5,855 5,310
Clay County R+49.1 R+53.0 R+3.9 4,054 3,686
Finney County R+35.3 R+39.0 R+3.7 10,354 9,084
Wyandotte County D+40.8 D+37.1 R+3.7 57,169 50,738
Morton County R+65.9 R+69.1 R+3.2 1,402 1,278
Pottawatomie County R+44.0 R+47.2 R+3.2 9,837 9,479
Kearny County R+57.3 R+59.8 R+2.5 1,482 1,386
Wabaunsee County R+38.6 R+41.0 R+2.4 3,521 3,267
Logan County R+66.8 R+68.8 R+2.0 1,440 1,350
Scott County R+69.0 R+70.7 R+1.7 2,179 2,052
Stevens County R+72.0 R+73.6 R+1.6 2,127 2,034
Osage County R+30.3 R+31.3 R+1.0 7,544 6,906
Wichita County R+66.4 R+67.3 R+0.9 1,019 987
Geary County R+12.4 R+13.2 R+0.8 8,094 7,845
Shawnee County R+0.3 R+1.1 R+0.8 84,177 76,508
Lane County R+60.5 R+61.1 R+0.6 1,027 928
Seward County R+43.0 R+41.1 D+1.9 5,336 5,176
Chase County R+42.8 R+40.6 D+2.2 1,384 1,271

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