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Liberal, KS·Kansas

Liberal, KS has voted Republican in twenty-two straight presidential elections — R+38.9 in 2024.

2008 — 2024·5 elections
KS
2024 presidential election
Liberal, KS
TrumpR+38.9
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2024 presidential margin by county for Liberal, KS, KSA map of the single county of Liberal, KS, KS, outlined and filled by its 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states.Seward County, KS · R+38.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican68.5%3,133
Kamala HarrisDemocratic29.6%1,354
OtherAll other candidates1.9%86
D+60
R+60
A single county, filled by its 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover it for the full result.
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: −38.9% in 2024.flipped R · 1940−38.9%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−57.1%
1896−12.3%
1900−22.3%
1904−38.8%
1908−1.6%
1912+23.1%
1916+21.7%
1920−27.1%
1924−22.3%
1928−54.9%
1932+9.4%
1936+28.6%
1940−1.0%
1944−8.4%
1948−6.1%
1952−46.2%
1956−42.4%
1960−41.1%
1964−7.1%
1968−36.1%
1972−57.5%
1976−30.2%
1980−47.2%
1984−62.1%
1988−42.0%
1992−29.2%
1996−44.9%
2000−53.8%
2004−57.9%
2008−43.1%
2012−41.1%
2016−30.4%
2020−29.1%
2024−38.9%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
29.6%Harris1,354
68.5%Trump3,133
1.9%
−38.9%
4,573
R
34.6%Biden1,833
63.7%Trump3,372
1.7%incl. Jorgensen
−29.1%
5,294
R
32.3%Clinton1,628
62.7%Trump3,159
5.0%incl. Johnson
−30.4%
5,038
R
28.8%Obama1,490
69.9%Romney3,617
1.3%
−41.1%
5,176
R
28.0%Obama1,493
71.0%McCain3,791
1.0%
−43.1%
5,336
R
20.6%Kerry1,122
78.5%Bush4,272
0.8%
−57.9%
5,439
R
22.1%Gore1,126
75.9%Bush3,869
2.0%incl. Nader
−53.8%
5,096
R
23.5%Clinton1,309
68.4%Dole3,812
8.1%incl. Perot
−44.9%
5,573
R
21.9%Clinton1,488
51.1%Bush3,477
27.0%incl. Perot
−29.2%
6,806
R
28.5%Dukakis1,655
70.5%Bush4,089
0.9%
−42.0%
5,797
R
18.5%Mondale1,198
80.5%Reagan5,222
1.0%
−62.1%
6,484
R
23.6%Carter1,460
70.8%Reagan4,385
5.6%incl. Anderson
−47.2%
6,191
R
34.0%Carter1,907
64.2%Ford3,604
1.9%
−30.2%
5,615
R
19.8%McGovern989
77.3%Nixon3,866
3.0%
−57.5%
5,003
R
26.3%Humphrey1,291
62.3%Nixon3,065
11.4%incl. Wallace
−36.1%
4,918
R
46.1%Johnson2,520
53.3%Goldwater2,910
0.6%
−7.1%
5,462
R
29.3%Kennedy1,654
70.4%Nixon3,974
0.2%
−41.1%
5,642
R
28.6%Stevenson1,162
71.0%Eisenhower2,885
0.5%
−42.4%
4,066
R
26.6%Stevenson1,146
72.8%Eisenhower3,136
0.6%
−46.2%
4,308
R
45.9%Truman1,614
52.0%Dewey1,829
2.1%incl. Thurmond
−6.1%
3,517
R
45.5%Roosevelt1,342
53.9%Dewey1,590
0.6%
−8.4%
2,949
R
48.7%Roosevelt1,474
49.7%Willkie1,503
1.7%
−1.0%
3,027
D
64.2%Roosevelt1,997
35.6%Landon1,108
0.1%
+28.6%
3,109
D
53.0%Roosevelt1,576
43.6%Hoover1,297
3.3%
+9.4%
2,972
R
22.1%Smith538
77.0%Hoover1,873
0.9%
−54.9%
2,433
R
29.7%Davis676
52.0%Coolidge1,184
18.3%incl. La Follette
−22.3%
2,277
R
34.4%Cox722
61.5%Harding1,290
4.1%
−27.1%
2,097
D
56.3%Wilson1,105
34.5%Hughes678
9.2%
+21.7%
1,964
O
38.1%Wilson394
15.0%Taft155
47.0%incl. Roosevelt
+23.1%
1,035
R
46.5%Bryan413
48.1%Taft427
5.4%
−1.6%
888
R
26.7%Parker62
65.5%Roosevelt152
7.8%
−38.8%
232
R
38.1%Bryan77
60.4%McKinley122
1.5%
−22.3%
202
R
43.6%Bryan78
55.9%McKinley100
0.6%
−12.3%
179
R
0.0%Cleveland0
57.1%Harrison156
42.9%incl. Weaver
−57.1%
273
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Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
IndicatorLiberal, KSMetro areaKansasStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White33.8%76.0%61.0%
Black3.3%5.3%12.2%
Asian2.4%2.9%6.0%
Two or more races34.6%10.6%12.6%
Other race25.9%5.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino67.4%13.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$63,827$74,275$84,427
Poverty rate12.2%11.3%12.5%
Median age3137.539.1
Age 18–2411.0%10.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older10.7%16.9%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)11.4%35.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home61.4%12.2%22.3%
Spanish56.8%8.1%13.6%
German or other West Germanic1.4%0.4%0.5%
Vietnamese1.1%0.4%0.5%
Other languages1.1%0.5%0.8%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryMexican 56.7%German 23.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryGuatemalan 9.1%English 12.4%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestryGerman 7.2%Irish 11.3%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic15.9%14.1%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant19.4%17.0%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed56.0%54.0%51.5%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
56.7%
Guatemalan
9.1%
Puerto Rican
0.2%
Cuban
0.2%
Dominican
0.2%
Honduran
0.2%
Salvadoran
0.2%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
7.2%
American
4.7%
English
3.1%
Irish
2.6%
Dutch
1.1%
Scottish
0.5%
Italian
0.4%
French
0.3%
Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Maya
1.9%
Aztec
0.2%
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries, none of which clears the display floor here.
Detailed group · ACS B02015
Vietnamese
1.1%
Laotian
0.7%
Cambodian
0.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 31.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.4%
85+
1.2%
1.6%
75–84
1.9%
2.9%
65–74
2.7%
5.7%
55–64
4.7%
6.2%
45–54
5.2%
7.3%
35–44
5.8%
6.7%
25–34
6.5%
5.9%
18–24
5.1%
11.5%
5–17
10.4%
4.3%
<5
4.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$63,827
Liberal, KS$63,827
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
12.2%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1816.8%
Working age (18–64)10.5%
Seniors (65+)7.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
38.6%
speak English only
Spanish56.8%
German or other West Germanic1.4%
Vietnamese1.1%
Other languages1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.9%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Evangelical Protestant
19.4%
Catholic
15.9%
Mainline Protestant
3.5%
Other Christian
2.4%
Latter-day Saints
1.8%
Black Protestant
1.0%
Unaffiliated or not counted56.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

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

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 28.6 points in 1936 and a Republican high of 62.1 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 9.8 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 38.9 points.

A population of 21,486, a 34% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,827 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Liberal, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Liberal, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 38.9 points (R+38.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 4,573 votes cast, 1,354 went Democratic and 3,133 went Republican.
When did Liberal, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Liberal, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1936.
How many people live in Liberal, KS, Kansas?
Liberal, KS, Kansas has a population of 21,486 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Liberal, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Liberal, KS, Kansas is $63,827 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Liberal, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Liberal, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 3 went Democratic and 30 went Republican.