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1876–2024
McPherson, KS·Kansas

McPherson, KS has voted Republican in fifteen straight presidential elections — R+40.9 in 2024.

A compact central-Kansas market anchored by salt mining and manufacturing

2008 — 2024·5 elections
KS
2024 presidential election
McPherson, KS
TrumpR+40.9
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2024 presidential margin by county for McPherson, KS, KSA map of the single county of McPherson, 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.McPherson County, KS · R+40.9
How it voted
Share of the 2024 vote
Donald Trump ✓Republican69.3%9,816
Kamala HarrisDemocratic28.4%4,021
OtherAll other candidates2.3%330
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: −40.9% in 2024.flipped R · 1968−40.9%DR18762024
Presidential margin over time
YearMargin (D minus R)
1876No data
1880No data
1884No data
1888No data
1892−48.4%
1896+1.2%
1900−10.7%
1904−53.9%
1908−17.0%
1912+25.5%
1916−0.9%
1920−42.0%
1924−46.3%
1928−61.3%
1932+9.7%
1936+13.7%
1940−22.3%
1944−26.9%
1948−20.0%
1952−52.6%
1956−48.2%
1960−47.8%
1964+7.0%
1968−35.7%
1972−43.5%
1976−16.9%
1980−30.1%
1984−45.4%
1988−19.8%
1992−16.2%
1996−35.8%
2000−42.0%
2004−44.9%
2008−35.3%
2012−41.4%
2016−41.8%
2020−40.4%
2024−40.9%
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
R
28.4%Harris4,021
69.3%Trump9,816
2.3%
−40.9%
14,167
R
28.6%Biden4,134
69.0%Trump9,964
2.4%incl. Jorgensen
−40.4%
14,438
R
25.3%Clinton3,226
67.1%Trump8,549
7.6%incl. Johnson
−41.8%
12,742
R
28.0%Obama3,449
69.5%Romney8,545
2.5%
−41.4%
12,297
R
31.5%Obama4,218
66.8%McCain8,937
1.7%
−35.3%
13,385
R
26.8%Kerry3,589
71.8%Bush9,595
1.4%
−44.9%
13,367
R
26.3%Gore3,272
68.2%Bush8,501
5.5%incl. Nader
−42.0%
12,461
R
27.4%Clinton3,536
63.2%Dole8,142
9.4%incl. Perot
−35.8%
12,883
R
28.1%Clinton3,645
44.2%Bush5,745
27.7%incl. Perot
−16.2%
12,991
R
39.0%Dukakis4,354
58.8%Bush6,563
2.2%
−19.8%
11,164
R
26.5%Mondale3,185
71.9%Reagan8,630
1.6%
−45.4%
12,004
R
28.7%Carter3,340
58.8%Reagan6,843
12.4%incl. Anderson
−30.1%
11,631
R
40.4%Carter2,483
57.3%Ford3,519
2.2%
−16.9%
6,140
R
27.0%McGovern2,858
70.6%Nixon7,457
2.4%
−43.5%
10,569
R
29.3%Humphrey2,893
65.0%Nixon6,420
5.7%incl. Wallace
−35.7%
9,880
D
52.6%Johnson5,173
45.6%Goldwater4,483
1.7%
+7.0%
9,826
R
25.8%Kennedy2,774
73.6%Nixon7,920
0.6%
−47.8%
10,759
R
25.5%Stevenson2,603
73.7%Eisenhower7,521
0.7%
−48.2%
10,198
R
22.0%Stevenson2,371
74.6%Eisenhower8,053
3.5%
−52.6%
10,798
R
37.5%Truman3,879
57.5%Dewey5,952
5.0%incl. Thurmond
−20.0%
10,344
R
35.4%Roosevelt3,321
62.3%Dewey5,840
2.3%
−26.9%
9,372
R
37.9%Roosevelt4,240
60.2%Willkie6,732
1.8%
−22.3%
11,176
D
56.6%Roosevelt6,256
42.9%Landon4,744
0.4%
+13.7%
11,046
D
53.4%Roosevelt5,003
43.7%Hoover4,098
2.9%
+9.7%
9,377
R
18.7%Smith1,457
80.0%Hoover6,230
1.3%
−61.3%
7,789
R
19.7%Davis1,530
66.0%Coolidge5,128
14.3%incl. La Follette
−46.3%
7,771
R
27.5%Cox1,926
69.5%Harding4,870
3.0%
−42.0%
7,007
R
46.7%Wilson3,737
47.6%Hughes3,806
5.6%
−0.9%
7,994
O
35.3%Wilson1,639
9.8%Taft455
54.9%incl. Roosevelt
+25.5%
4,647
R
40.4%Bryan1,905
57.4%Taft2,708
2.2%
−17.0%
4,719
R
18.8%Parker773
72.7%Roosevelt2,991
8.5%
−53.9%
4,113
R
43.9%Bryan2,121
54.6%McKinley2,640
1.5%
−10.7%
4,834
D
50.1%Bryan2,324
48.9%McKinley2,269
0.9%
+1.2%
4,637
O
0.0%Cleveland0
48.4%Harrison2,294
51.6%incl. Weaver
−48.4%
4,738
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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.
IndicatorMcPherson, KSMetro areaKansasStateUnited StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White92.3%76.0%61.0%
Black1.8%5.3%12.2%
Asian0.4%2.9%6.0%
Two or more races4.7%10.6%12.6%
Other race0.7%5.1%8.2%
Hispanic or Latino5.6%13.6%19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income$78,851$74,275$84,427
Poverty rate9.5%11.3%12.5%
Median age39.437.539.1
Age 18–2411.8%10.2%9.2%
Age 65 and older20.1%16.9%17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)34.3%35.6%35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home5.2%12.2%22.3%
Spanish3.4%8.1%13.6%
Ancestry
Largest ancestryGerman 30.5%German 23.3%German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestryEnglish 9.4%English 12.4%Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestrySwedish 8.0%Irish 11.3%English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic3.3%14.1%18.6%
Evangelical Protestant20.5%17.0%16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed47.7%54.0%51.5%
Mainline Protestant27.9%10.0%5.2%

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.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
German
30.5%
English
9.4%
Swedish
8.0%
Irish
6.5%
American
4.3%
Scottish
3.2%
Dutch
2.1%
French
1.7%
Specific origin · ACS B03001
Mexican
3.9%
Cuban
0.3%
Colombian
0.3%
The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.
Reported ancestry · ACS B04006
African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.
Haitian
0.2%
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.
Below 1% of the population here; subgroup estimates are within the survey's margin of error.
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: 39.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
1.6%
85+
2.1%
2.1%
75–84
3.4%
5.3%
65–74
5.6%
6.3%
55–64
6.1%
5.1%
45–54
5.5%
6.0%
35–44
6.6%
5.7%
25–34
5.3%
6.4%
18–24
5.4%
8.3%
5–17
8.3%
2.4%
<5
2.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$78,851
McPherson, KS$78,851
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
9.5%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 187.2%
Working age (18–64)11.0%
Seniors (65+)2.8%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
94.8%
speak English only
Spanish3.4%
German or other West Germanic0.9%
French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%
Other Asian & Pacific Island0.2%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.1%
Other Indo-European0.1%
Vietnamese0.1%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Mainline Protestant
27.9%
Evangelical Protestant
20.5%
Catholic
3.3%
Black Protestant
0.3%
Other Christian
0.3%
Unaffiliated or not counted47.7%
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.

McPherson's small metropolitan economy, centered on refining and industrial production, has produced some of the most lopsided Republican margins in Kansas statewide contests, with the surrounding county regularly exceeding 80% GOP support.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 25.5 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 61.3 points in 1928. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 0.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 40.9 points.

A population of 30,205, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $78,851 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did McPherson, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, McPherson, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 40.9 points (R+40.9), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 14,167 votes cast, 4,021 went Democratic and 9,816 went Republican.
When did McPherson, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which McPherson, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in McPherson, KS, Kansas?
McPherson, KS, Kansas has a population of 30,205 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in McPherson, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in McPherson, KS, Kansas is $78,851 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of McPherson, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in McPherson, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 4 went Democratic and 28 went Republican.