The 2016 United States presidential election in Kansas was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the

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in which all 50 states and the

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participated.

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voters chose electors to represent them in the

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via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman

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, and running mate Indiana Governor

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against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State

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, and her running mate Virginia

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. Kansas has six electoral votes in the Electoral College. Trump carried the state with 56.16 percent of the vote, while Clinton received 35.74 percent. Kansas was among eleven states (and the District of Columbia) in which Clinton improved on

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's margin from

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(though her vote share was lower than Obama's 38 percent), largely due to a significant shift towards Democrats in Johnson County. This was the final election of Riley County's 104-year streak of voting Republican, as in the next election

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would become the first Democrat to win the county in its history. It is also the most recent election as of the 2024 election where Riley County, Johnson County, or Shawnee County has voted Republican.

Caucuses

Democratic caucuses

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visited Kansas during the primary season, while Hillary Clinton did not herself and instead sent her daughter

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to hold a rally in Johnson County.

Republican caucuses

Delegates were awarded to candidates at the statewide and congressional district level who got 10% or more of the vote proportionally. The 3 RNC delegates were awarded to the winner.

General election

Voting history

Kansas has given its electoral votes to the Republican ticket since

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, and only once to the Democrats (

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) since

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. At the time, all current statewide officials were Republicans, as were all four members of the state's

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delegation.

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defeated

by a margin of 60 percent to 38 percent in

. A poll conducted by John Zogby found Clinton leading Trump by 7 points in June. In addition, an internal poll for Representative Kevin Yoder, a Republican from Kansas' 3rd congressional district, released an internal poll showing Clinton leading Trump by 6 points in his district. This district voted for Mitt Romney by a 10-point margin in 2012 and has a

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of R+6. This result, coupled with Clinton's gains in national polls, caused ''

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'' to move the Kansas race from "Safe Republican" to "Likely Republican" on August 18.

Predictions

Polling

Candidates

Minor candidates

The following received write-in status: * President: Andrew D. Basiago; Vice President: Karen D. Kinnison * President: Darrell L Castle; Vice President: Scott N. Bradley * President: "Rocky" Roque De La Fuente, Vice President: Michael Steinberg * President: Rocky Giordani; Vice President: Farley M Anderson * President: James A Hedges; Vice President: Bill V Bayes * President: Tom Hoefling; Vice President: Steve Schulin * President: Lynn Kahn; Vice President: Kathy Monahan * President: Gloria La Riva; Vice President: Eugene Puryer * President: Michael S. Levinson; Vice President: Perry E. Wharton, II * President: Michael A Maturen; Vice President: Juan A Munoz * President: Evan McMullin; Vice President: Nathan D Johnson * President: Monica G. Moorehead; Vice President: Lamont G. Lilly * President: Darryl Perry; Vice President: Conan Salada * President: Marshall R. Schoenke; Vice President: James C. Mitchell, Jr. * President: Joe C Schriner; Vice President: Joe Moreaux * President: Mike Smith; Vice President: Daniel White * President: Timothy Cook; Vice President: John Stein

Results

By county

By congressional district

Trump won three of four congressional districts, Clinton winning the remaining one, which elected a Republican.https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::d5273801-39a6-4ad6-89fe-c0d1d7460680

References

External links

Kansas Department of Elections

RNC 2016 Republican Nominating Process

Green papers for 2016 primaries, caucuses, and conventions

Decision Desk Headquarter Results for Kansas
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