Election Results for Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area -- RightDataUSA.com

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	57,819	13.2
Deaths:	48,164	11.0
Net Migration:	565	0.1
Net Immigration:	6,322	1.4

Recent Trends
	Votes	Δ Margin	Swing %
2020 vs. 2016	R +56,993	D +66,318	D + 6.5%
D +123,311
2020 vs. 2012	R +39,814	D +72,745	D + 7.1%
D +112,559
2020 vs. 2008	R +48,543	R +3,987	R + 0.9%
D +44,556

2016 vs. 2008	R -8,450	R +70,305	R + 7.4%
D -78,755
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Year	Turnout	Winner			Runner-Up			Other		Total Votes	Diff (US)	PUSV
2020	65%	Joe Biden (D)	559,595	51.1%	Donald Trump* (R)	508,524	46.5%	26,136 [+]	2.4%	1,094,255	0	0.69%
[-] Other candidates in 2020: Jo Jorgensen (Lbt) 19,122 (1.7%);
2016	60%	Donald Trump (R)	451,531	47.0%	Hillary Clinton (D)	436,284	45.4%	72,242 [+]	7.5%	960,057	1	0.70%
[-] Other candidates in 2016: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 41,757 (4.3%); Jill Stein (Grn) 12,734 (1.3%); Evan McMullin (I) 4,666 (0.5%);
2012	61%	Mitt Romney (R)	468,710	50.1%	Barack Obama* (D)	447,036	47.8%	19,579 [+]	2.1%	935,325	3	0.72%
[-] Other candidates in 2012: Gary Johnson (Lbt) 14,456 (1.5%);
2008	68%	Barack Obama (D)	515,039	52.1%	John McCain (R)	459,981	46.5%	14,411 [+]	1.5%	989,431	1	0.75%
[-] Other candidates in 2008: Ralph Nader (I) 5,751 (0.6%); Bob Barr (Lbt) 3,964 (0.4%);
2004	65%	George W. Bush* (R)	464,493	51.3%	John Kerry (D)	434,368	47.9%	7,199 [+]	0.8%	906,060	1	0.74%
[-] Other candidates in 2004: Ralph Nader (I) 2,069 (0.2%);
2000	58%	Albert Gore, Jr. (D)	377,333	48.9%	George W. Bush (R)	370,249	48.0%	23,961 [+]	3.1%	771,543	0	0.73%
[-] Other candidates in 2000: Ralph Nader (Grn) 17,105 (2.2%); Pat Buchanan (Ref) 2,671 (0.3%);
1996	55%	Bill Clinton* (D)	330,662	47.6%	Robert Dole (R)	299,307	43.1%	65,233 [+]	9.4%	695,202	2	0.72%
[-] Other candidates in 1996: Ross Perot (Ref) 58,147 (8.4%); Harry Browne (Lbt) 3,504 (0.5%); Ralph Nader (Grn) 0 (0.0%);
1992	63%	Bill Clinton (D)	322,484	42.2%	George Bush* (R)	246,506	32.3%	195,330 [+]	25.6%	764,320	-5	0.73%
[-] Other candidates in 1992: Ross Perot (I) 192,551 (25.2%);
1988	55%	Michael Dukakis (D)	326,727	50.7%	George Bush (R)	313,829	48.7%	3,794 [+]	0.6%	644,350	-5	0.70%
[-] Other candidates in 1988: Ron Paul (Lbt) 1,566 (0.2%);
1984	58%	Ronald Reagan* (R)	370,010	57.3%	Walter Mondale (D)	273,607	42.4%	1,803	0.3%	645,420	-1	0.70%
[-] Other candidates in 1984:
1980	57%	Ronald Reagan (R)	293,784	48.6%	Jimmy Carter* (D)	270,299	44.7%	40,619 [+]	6.7%	604,702	-2	0.70%
[-] Other candidates in 1980: John Anderson (I) 33,167 (5.5%); Edward Clark (Lbt) 5,757 (1.0%);
1976	58%	Jimmy Carter (D)	282,944	50.0%	Gerald Ford* (R)	272,793	48.2%	10,651 [+]	1.9%	566,388	0	0.69%
[-] Other candidates in 1976: Eugene McCarthy (I) 8,365 (1.5%);
1972	55%	Richard Nixon* (R)	335,716	63.2%	George McGovern (D)	188,657	35.5%	6,493 [+]	1.2%	530,866	3	0.68%
[-] Other candidates in 1972: John Schmitz (Amer) 4,416 (0.8%);
1968	62%	Richard Nixon (R)	230,736	44.3%	Hubert Humphrey (D)	224,020	43.0%	65,920 [+]	12.7%	520,676	1	0.71%
[-] Other candidates in 1968: George Wallace (AIP) 65,325 (12.5%);
1964	62%	Lyndon Johnson* (D)	310,387	62.7%	Barry Goldwater (R)	182,768	36.9%	1,774	0.4%	494,929	-2	0.70%
[-] Other candidates in 1964:
1960	71%	Richard Nixon (R)	270,667	50.4%	John Kennedy (D)	265,648	49.5%	791	0.1%	537,106	1	0.78%
[-] Other candidates in 1960:
1956	66%	Dwight Eisenhower* (R)	254,649	51.5%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	240,007	48.5%	288	0.1%	494,944	-6	0.80%
[-] Other candidates in 1956:
1952	74%	Dwight Eisenhower (R)	263,069	52.1%	Adlai Stevenson (D)	240,812	47.7%	968	0.2%	504,849	-3	0.82%
[-] Other candidates in 1952:
1948	67%	Harry Truman* (D)	243,882	59.0%	Thomas Dewey (R)	167,288	40.4%	2,448 [+]	0.6%	413,618	-5	0.85%
[-] Other candidates in 1948: Henry Wallace (Prog) 1,517 (0.4%); Strom Thurmond (StsRts) 0 (0.0%);
1944	65%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	198,314	51.6%	Thomas Dewey (R)	185,185	48.2%	881	0.2%	384,380	2	0.80%
[-] Other candidates in 1944:
1940	78%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	237,305	54.6%	Wendell Willkie (R)	196,434	45.2%	947	0.2%	434,686	0	0.87%
[-] Other candidates in 1940:
1936	91%	Franklin Roosevelt* (D)	321,194	66.1%	Alf Landon (R)	162,851	33.5%	1,833 [+]	0.4%	485,878	-3	1.06%
[-] Other candidates in 1936: William Lemke (Union) 1,023 (0.2%); Norman Thomas (Soc) 650 (0.1%);
1932	81%	Franklin Roosevelt (D)	276,586	64.3%	Herbert Hoover* (R)	150,520	35.0%	2,797 [+]	0.7%	429,903	-5	1.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1932: Norman Thomas (Soc) 2,333 (0.5%);
1928	78%	Herbert Hoover (R)	224,546	58.5%	Al Smith (D)	158,292	41.2%	1,075 [+]	0.3%	383,913	0	1.04%
[-] Other candidates in 1928: Norman Thomas (Soc) 988 (0.3%);
1924	69%	Calvin Coolidge (R)	167,324	52.4%	John Davis (D)	129,700	40.7%	21,993 [+]	6.9%	319,017	-2	1.10%
[-] Other candidates in 1924: Robert LaFollette (Prog) 20,542 (6.4%);
1920	67%	Warren Harding (R)	149,243	51.4%	James Cox (D)	137,397	47.4%	3,482 [+]	1.2%	290,122	-9	1.08%
[-] Other candidates in 1920: Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,317 (0.5%); Parley Christiansen (FL) 0 (0.0%); Aaron Watkins (Proh) 0 (0.0%);
1916	47%	Woodrow Wilson* (D)	104,070	55.6%	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	78,208	41.8%	5,021 [+]	2.7%	187,299	-4	1.01%
[-] Other candidates in 1916: Allan Benson (Soc) 3,635 (1.9%); James Hanly (Proh) 1,259 (0.7%);
1912	38%	Woodrow Wilson (D)	70,116	49.5%	Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)	43,797	30.9%	27,606 [+]	19.5%	141,519	-8	0.94%
[-] Other candidates in 1912: William Taft* (R) 22,054 (15.6%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 4,617 (3.3%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 725 (0.5%);
1908	43%	William J. Bryan (D)	73,428	52.2%	William Taft (R)	63,785	45.3%	3,495 [+]	2.5%	140,708	-6	0.95%
[-] Other candidates in 1908: Eugene Debs (Soc) 2,407 (1.7%); Eugene Chafin (Proh) 811 (0.6%); Thomas Hisgen (I) 72 (0.1%);
1904	40%	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	65,227	53.1%	Alton Parker (D)	51,704	42.1%	5,826 [+]	4.7%	122,757	-3	0.91%
[-] Other candidates in 1904: Eugene Debs (Soc) 3,430 (2.8%); Silas Swallow (Proh) 1,244 (1.0%); Thomas Watson (Pop) 911 (0.7%);
1900	44%	William J. Bryan (D)	66,137	52.3%	William McKinley* (R)	57,317	45.3%	2,946 [+]	2.3%	126,400	-6	0.90%
[-] Other candidates in 1900: John Woolley (Proh) 1,124 (0.9%); Eugene Debs (Soc) 1,073 (0.8%);

* incumbent PSV: percent of state vote

2020 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Joe Biden (D)

559,595

51.1%

Donald Trump* (R)

508,524

46.5%

Jo Jorgensen (Lbt)

19,122

1.7%

Other

7,014

0.6%

TOTAL

1,094,255

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 0

2016 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Hillary Clinton (D)

436,284

45.4%

Donald Trump (R)

451,531

47.0%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

41,757

4.3%

Jill Stein (Grn)

12,734

1.3%

Evan McMullin (I)

4,666

0.5%

Other

13,085

1.4%

TOTAL

960,057

Turnout: 60%	Diff (US): 1

2012 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama* (D)

447,036

47.8%

Mitt Romney (R)

468,710

50.1%

Gary Johnson (Lbt)

14,456

1.5%

Other

5,123

0.5%

TOTAL

935,325

Turnout: 61%	Diff (US): 3

2008 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Barack Obama (D)

515,039

52.1%

John McCain (R)

459,981

46.5%

Ralph Nader (I)

5,751

0.6%

Bob Barr (Lbt)

3,964

0.4%

Other

4,696

0.5%

TOTAL

989,431

Turnout: 68%	Diff (US): 1

2004 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush* (R)

464,493

51.3%

John Kerry (D)

434,368

47.9%

Ralph Nader (I)

2,069

0.2%

Other

5,130

0.6%

TOTAL

906,060

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 1

2000 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George W. Bush (R)

370,249

48.0%

Albert Gore, Jr. (D)

377,333

48.9%

Ralph Nader (Grn)

17,105

2.2%

Pat Buchanan (Ref)

2,671

0.3%

Other

4,185

0.5%

TOTAL

771,543

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 0

1996 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton* (D)

330,662

47.6%

Robert Dole (R)

299,307

43.1%

Ross Perot (Ref)

58,147

8.4%

Harry Browne (Lbt)

3,504

0.5%

Other

3,582

0.5%

TOTAL

695,202

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): 2

1992 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Bill Clinton (D)

322,484

42.2%

George Bush* (R)

246,506

32.3%

Ross Perot (I)

192,551

25.2%

Other

2,779

0.4%

TOTAL

764,320

Turnout: 63%	Diff (US): -5

1988 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

George Bush (R)

313,829

48.7%

Michael Dukakis (D)

326,727

50.7%

Ron Paul (Lbt)

1,566

0.2%

Other

2,228

0.3%

TOTAL

644,350

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): -5

1984 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan* (R)

370,010

57.3%

Walter Mondale (D)

273,607

42.4%

Other

1,803

0.3%

TOTAL

645,420

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): -1

1980 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Ronald Reagan (R)

293,784

48.6%

Jimmy Carter* (D)

270,299

44.7%

John Anderson (I)

33,167

5.5%

Edward Clark (Lbt)

5,757

1.0%

Other

1,695

0.3%

TOTAL

604,702

Turnout: 57%	Diff (US): -2

1976 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Jimmy Carter (D)

282,944

50.0%

Gerald Ford* (R)

272,793

48.2%

Eugene McCarthy (I)

8,365

1.5%

Other

2,286

0.4%

TOTAL

566,388

Turnout: 58%	Diff (US): 0

1972 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon* (R)

335,716

63.2%

George McGovern (D)

188,657

35.5%

John Schmitz (Amer)

4,416

0.8%

Other

2,077

0.4%

TOTAL

530,866

Turnout: 55%	Diff (US): 3

1968 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Richard Nixon (R)

230,736

44.3%

Hubert Humphrey (D)

224,020

43.0%

George Wallace (AIP)

65,325

12.5%

Other

595

0.1%

TOTAL

520,676

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): 1

1964 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Lyndon Johnson* (D)

310,387

62.7%

Barry Goldwater (R)

182,768

36.9%

Other

1,774

0.4%

TOTAL

494,929

Turnout: 62%	Diff (US): -2

1960 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

John Kennedy (D)

265,648

49.5%

Richard Nixon (R)

270,667

50.4%

Other

791

0.1%

TOTAL

537,106

Turnout: 71%	Diff (US): 1

1956 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower* (R)

254,649

51.5%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

240,007

48.5%

Other

288

0.1%

TOTAL

494,944

Turnout: 66%	Diff (US): -6

1952 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Dwight Eisenhower (R)

263,069

52.1%

Adlai Stevenson (D)

240,812

47.7%

Other

968

0.2%

TOTAL

504,849

Turnout: 74%	Diff (US): -3

1948 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Harry Truman* (D)

243,882

59.0%

Thomas Dewey (R)

167,288

40.4%

Henry Wallace (Prog)

1,517

0.4%

Other

931

0.2%

TOTAL

413,618

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -5

1944 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

198,314

51.6%

Thomas Dewey (R)

185,185

48.2%

Other

881

0.2%

TOTAL

384,380

Turnout: 65%	Diff (US): 2

1940 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

237,305

54.6%

Wendell Willkie (R)

196,434

45.2%

Other

947

0.2%

TOTAL

434,686

Turnout: 78%	Diff (US): 0

1936 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt* (D)

321,194

66.1%

Alf Landon (R)

162,851

33.5%

William Lemke (Union)

1,023

0.2%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

650

0.1%

Other

160

0.0%

TOTAL

485,878

Turnout: 91%	Diff (US): -3

1932 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Franklin Roosevelt (D)

276,586

64.3%

Herbert Hoover* (R)

150,520

35.0%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

2,333

0.5%

Other

464

0.1%

TOTAL

429,903

Turnout: 81%	Diff (US): -5

1928 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Herbert Hoover (R)

224,546

58.5%

Al Smith (D)

158,292

41.2%

Norman Thomas (Soc)

988

0.3%

Other

0.0%

TOTAL

383,913

Turnout: 78%	Diff (US): 0

1924 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Calvin Coolidge (R)

167,324

52.4%

John Davis (D)

129,700

40.7%

Robert LaFollette (Prog)

20,542

6.4%

Other

1,451

0.5%

TOTAL

319,017

Turnout: 69%	Diff (US): -2

1920 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Warren Harding (R)

149,243

51.4%

James Cox (D)

137,397

47.4%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,317

0.5%

Other

2,165

0.7%

TOTAL

290,122

Turnout: 67%	Diff (US): -9

1916 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson* (D)

104,070

55.6%

Charles Evans Hughes (R)

78,208

41.8%

Allan Benson (Soc)

3,635

1.9%

James Hanly (Proh)

1,259

0.7%

Other

127

0.1%

TOTAL

187,299

Turnout: 47%	Diff (US): -4

1912 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Woodrow Wilson (D)

70,116

49.5%

Theodore Roosevelt (Prog)

43,797

30.9%

William Taft* (R)

22,054

15.6%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

4,617

3.3%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

725

0.5%

Other

210

0.1%

TOTAL

141,519

Turnout: 38%	Diff (US): -8

1908 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William Taft (R)

63,785

45.3%

William J. Bryan (D)

73,428

52.2%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

2,407

1.7%

Eugene Chafin (Proh)

811

0.6%

Thomas Hisgen (I)

0.1%

Other

205

0.1%

TOTAL

140,708

Turnout: 43%	Diff (US): -6

1904 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

Theodore Roosevelt (R)

65,227

53.1%

Alton Parker (D)

51,704

42.1%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

3,430

2.8%

Silas Swallow (Proh)

1,244

1.0%

Thomas Watson (Pop)

911

0.7%

Other

241

0.2%

TOTAL

122,757

Turnout: 40%	Diff (US): -3

1900 President, Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Candidate

Votes

Pct

William McKinley* (R)

57,317

45.3%

William J. Bryan (D)

66,137

52.3%

John Woolley (Proh)

1,124

0.9%

Eugene Debs (Soc)

1,073

0.8%

Other

749

0.6%

TOTAL

126,400

Turnout: 44%	Diff (US): -6

* incumbent

2022 Census data
White:	1,573,229	71.20%	5.5%
Black:	271,783	12.30%	8.6%
Indian:	8,562	0.39%	3.7%
Asian:	73,975	3.35%	52.1%
2+ races:	60,859	2.75%	41.7%
Hispanic:	221,086	10.01%	33.4%

Total non-White:	636,265	28.80%	22.8%

Change in White population:	82,221	4.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	117,931	5.9

Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area

Historical Presidential Election Results for Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area