Kansas Electoral College Guide
Kansas casts 6 electoral votes in presidential elections. Kansas's 6 EV have gone to Republicans in every election since 1936. Not competitive at the presidential level.
Role in the Electoral College
Kansas's 6 EV have gone to Republicans in every election since 1936. Not competitive at the presidential level.
Electoral Vote History
FDR was the last Democrat to win Kansas in 1936. Johnson and Carter came close but didn't win.
Electoral College Basics
The United States uses an Electoral College system to elect the president. Each state receives electoral votes equal to its total congressional representation: number of House seats + 2 (senators). Kansas has 4 House seats + 2 senators = 6 electoral votes.
A candidate needs 270 out of 538 electoral votes to win the presidency. Kansas’s 6 electoral votes represent 1.1% of the total needed.
Most states use a winner-take-all system — the popular vote winner receives all electoral votes. The exception is Maine and Nebraska, which allocate electoral votes by congressional district. Kansas uses the winner-take-all system.