KANSAS 6 Electoral Votes
Population 
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Kansas Secretary of State) 
Total Population, April 1, 2000 2,688,418
Voting Age Population, Nov. 2000 1,983,000 % change from '96 +4.3
Total Registration, Oct. 2000 1,623,623
Rep. 735,435 (45.30%)   Dem. 449,445 (27.68%)    Lib. 9,973 (0.61%)   Const. 2,700 (0.17%)   Ref. 1,887 (0.12%)   Unaffiliated 424,183 (26.13%)
Kansas has: 105 counties.
Largest Counties: Sedgwick, Johnson, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Douglas.
Largest Cities: Wichita, Kansas City, Overland Park, Topeka.

Government
Governor: Bill Graves (R) re-elected in 1998.
State Legislature: Kansas Legislative
Local: Communities, Counties   NACO Counties
U.S. House: 3R, 1D - 1. J.Moran (R) | 2. J.Ryun (R) | 3. D.Moore (D) | 4. T.Tiahrt (R)
U.S. Senate: Pat Roberts (R) up for re-election in 2002, Sam Brownback (R) re-elected 1998. 


The Jayhawker State
State of Kansas
Secretary of State

KS Democratic Party
KS Green Party
KS Libertarian Party
KS Republican Party
KS Constitution Party
Natural Law Party of KS
Reform Party of KS

Topeka Capital-Journal
Wichita Eagle
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-KS

General Election -- Tuesday, November 7, 2000
Past Results
1996
Dole (Rep.)............583,245
(54.29)
Clinton (Dem.)........387,659
(36.08)
Perot (Ref.)..............92,639
(8.62)
Others (3+w/ins)......10,757
(1.00)
Total........1,074,300

1992
Bush (Rep.)...........449,951 (38.88)
Clinton (Dem.).......390,434 (33.74)
Perot (Ind.) ...........312,358 (26.99)
Others(4+w/ins)........,4,493
(0.39)
Total........1,157,236

Results
2000
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)
1,254
 (0.12)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)
399,276
(37.24)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)
4,525
(0.42)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)
7,370
(0.69)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)
622,332
(58.04)
Nader/LaDuke (indep.)
36,086
 (3.37)
Hagelin/Ticciati (indep.)
1,375
(0.13)
Total........1,072,218

Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was .  (U.S. avg. 53.76%)...l

Overview
Kansas remained firmly in the Republican column as Bush-Cheney defeated Gore-Lieberman by a plurality of 223,056 votes (20.80 percentage points).  Gore managed to carry just two of the state's 105 counties: Douglas (includes Lawrence, KS, home of Univ. of Kansas) and Wyandotte County/Kansas City.

Primary Election: August 1, 2000
Presidential Primary:  Tuesday, April 4, 2000
Senate Bill No. 244, signed by the governor on Feb. 17, 2000, cancelled the presidential preference primary for 2000, in part to save money.
Republican ........
Total Delegates 35 of 2,066 (1.7%).
--selected delegates at state committee meeting on May 25, 2000

Democratic .......
Total Pledged Delegates 36 of 3,537 (1.0%).
Total Delegates 42 of 4,335 (1.0%).
--selected 23 delegates at congressional district caucuses on May 6, 2000; 13 at state committee meeting on June 17, 2000; and 6 superdelegates.

Secretary of State: Presidential Preference Primary

 

 

Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001  Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.