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1876–2024
Great Bend, KS·Kansas

Great Bend, KS has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+56 in 2024.

1876 — 2024·38 elections
KS
LatestR+56in 2024
TypologySunbelt Conservativecluster typology
Population25,0972024 ACS

Great Bend, KS, Kansas: Sunbelt Conservative metro. In 2024, voted R+56%. Republican peak: R+59 in 2016.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+56MIT Election Lab
Political typology
Sunbelt ConservativeAkashic typology
Population
25,0972024 5-year
Median household income
$58,8512024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
81.4%2024 5-year
Black
0.6%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
16.7%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+34 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+59 in 2016MIT Election Lab
2024 presidential election
Great Bend, KS
TrumpR+56
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How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican77.3%8,205
Kamala HarrisDemocratic20.8%2,207
OtherAll other candidates1.9%205
D+60
R+60
1 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over timeDemocratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1876 to 2024. Most recent: −56.5% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−56.5%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−56.7%
1896+14.0%
1900+6.2%
1904−21.1%
1908+7.1%
1912+33.8%
1916+6.2%
1920−39.7%
1924−34.4%
1928−28.2%
1932+17.1%
1936+25.7%
1940−9.3%
1944−19.1%
1948−7.6%
1952−41.5%
1956−32.7%
1960−11.4%
1964+20.6%
1968−18.3%
1972−40.6%
1976−13.8%
1980−39.6%
1984−52.6%
1988−20.8%
1992−9.3%
1996−39.1%
2000−37.1%
2004−49.5%
2008−43.3%
2012−53.9%
2016−58.5%
2020−56.3%
2024−56.5%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−56.5%
2,2078,20510,617
R
−56.3%
2,3408,60811,130
R
−58.5%
1,8397,88810,339
R
−53.9%
2,2977,87410,341
R
−43.3%
3,0277,80211,023
R
−49.5%
2,8748,66611,706
R
−37.1%
3,2387,30210,955
R
−39.1%
3,1217,85512,099
R
−9.3%
3,8465,11313,582
R
−20.8%
5,0247,74113,075
R
−52.6%
3,11110,23213,538
R
−39.6%
3,6639,14713,852
R
−13.8%
5,4977,31113,142
R
−40.6%
3,4818,47912,312
R
−18.3%
4,4646,70012,208
D
+20.6%
7,3404,82612,221
R
−11.4%
6,0367,59913,665
R
−32.7%
4,3788,64413,063
R
−41.5%
3,8479,38013,319
R
−7.6%
5,3076,19111,600
R
−19.1%
3,7615,5479,345
R
−9.3%
4,9826,01111,043
D
+25.7%
5,9783,5349,517
D
+17.1%
4,7763,3658,238
R
−28.2%
2,7774,9667,767
R
−34.4%
1,6054,1097,274
R
−39.7%
1,6883,9935,806
D
+6.2%
3,2922,8916,502
D
+33.8%
2,0696924,069
D
+7.1%
2,0041,7293,857
R
−21.1%
1,2351,9393,332
D
+6.2%
1,7721,5643,366
D
+14.0%
1,6161,2152,855
R
−56.7%
01,8163,204
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Demographics

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
33.2%
English
10.3%
Irish
8.5%
American
4.3%
Scottish
1.7%
French
1.5%
Italian
0.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 38.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.3%
85+
1.8%
2.4%
75–84
3.2%
5.7%
65–74
6.3%
7.2%
55–64
6.8%
4.7%
45–54
4.5%
5.7%
35–44
5.2%
6.4%
25–34
6.7%
3.9%
18–24
4.2%
8.7%
5–17
9.1%
3.3%
<5
3.0%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$58,851
Great Bend, KS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Great Bend, KS$58,851
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
15.4%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1821.6%
Working age (18–64)13.7%
Seniors (65+)11.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
90.7%
speak English only
Spanish9.1%
Other Indo-European0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
25.0%
Mainline Protestant
11.6%
Other Christian
6.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
6.5%
Methodist
6.3%
Baptist
2.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.4% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Great Bend, KS sits in the Great Plains. In 2024 it voted Republican.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of thirty-four points in 1912 and a Republican high of fifty-nine points in 2016. The 2024 margin was fifty-six points.

A population of 25,097, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $58,851 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Great Bend, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Great Bend, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 56.5 points (R+56), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 10,617 votes cast, 2,207 went Democratic and 8,205 went Republican.
What is Great Bend, KS, Kansas's political typology?
Akashic places Great Bend, KS, Kansas in the "Sunbelt Conservative" typology. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 26 times, and other 0 times.
When did Great Bend, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Great Bend, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Great Bend, KS, Kansas?
Great Bend, KS, Kansas has a population of 25,097 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Great Bend, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Great Bend, KS, Kansas is $58,851 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Great Bend, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Great Bend, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 26 went Republican. The metro's typology — "Sunbelt Conservative" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.