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1876–2024
Dodge City, KS·Kansas

Dodge City, KS has voted Republican in twelve straight presidential cycles.

Meatpacking hub where Latino voter share has grown sharply since 2000

1876 — 2024·38 elections
KS
Latest
R+38
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
34,074
2024 ACS

Dodge City, KS, Kansas: Republican loyalist metro. In 2024, voted R+38%. Republican peak: R+48 in 2004.

Key facts

2024 presidential margin
R+38MIT Election Lab
Political archetype
Republican loyalistAkashic typology
Population
34,0742024 5-year
Median household income
$70,7812024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
46.8%2024 5-year
Black
3.5%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
59.1%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+22 in 1912MIT Election Lab
Peak Republican margin
R+48 in 2004MIT Election Lab
2024 results by constituent county
1 counties · 0 D · 1 R
R+60
D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
R
−38.3%
2,4615,6168,247
R
−32.0%
2,9475,8038,915
R
−38.1%
2,1495,1147,774
R
−35.9%
2,6005,6028,362
R
−30.9%
2,9915,7308,864
R
−48.2%
2,2866,6329,016
R
−39.1%
2,5666,0508,917
R
−32.9%
2,6285,6819,267
R
−16.5%
2,6354,34210,356
R
−19.3%
3,8175,6859,697
R
−40.4%
2,9146,9359,947
R
−25.8%
3,1945,6869,661
D
+2.6%
4,9344,6799,827
R
−36.9%
2,8046,2329,285
R
−16.5%
3,1914,6458,797
D
+19.9%
5,2213,4818,761
R
−15.6%
3,7925,2009,017
R
−34.3%
2,7105,5618,320
R
−39.2%
2,7486,3599,221
D
+3.5%
4,3964,0898,662
R
−15.5%
2,9944,1107,181
R
−4.8%
3,9544,3568,382
D
+22.4%
5,3353,3788,730
D
+13.8%
4,4423,3358,015
R
−44.2%
1,8704,8936,835
R
−31.9%
1,5513,4495,948
R
−26.7%
1,8793,3055,339
D
+12.2%
3,0442,3375,801
D
+21.6%
1,1255292,758
R
−9.8%
1,0891,3332,502
R
−35.1%
5261,1481,772
R
−3.3%
6106531,294
D
+7.3%
6435551,213
O
−46.6%
05651,213
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Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
German
12.4%
Irish
5.5%
English
5.3%
American
3.5%
Italian
0.6%
French
0.6%
Polish
0.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 32.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
0.5%
85+
0.7%
1.3%
75–84
2.2%
3.8%
65–74
3.4%
5.7%
55–64
5.4%
5.6%
45–54
5.4%
6.7%
35–44
5.5%
7.4%
25–34
6.0%
6.2%
18–24
4.4%
11.2%
5–17
10.4%
4.2%
<5
4.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$70,781
Dodge City, KS ranks near the middle of US counties.
Dodge City, KS$70,781
Kansas$74,275
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
14.0%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1817.5%
Working age (18–64)11.8%
Seniors (65+)22.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
52.2%
speak English only
Spanish43.9%
Other languages2.8%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.8%
Other Indo-European0.3%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
32.0%
Other Christian
12.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
5.9%
Methodist
3.5%
Baptist
2.8%
Mainline Protestant
2.5%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 40.9% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Dodge City's beef-processing economy drew a large Hispanic workforce that now shapes local demographics, and Ford County has trended more competitive in recent cycles even as it remains reliably Republican at the federal level.

The Republican margin in Dodge City, KS reached its widest at forty-eight points in 2004. The margin in 2024 was thirty-eight points, in line with the metro's deep historical pattern.

Its loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $70,781, a 47% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 34,074 together describe a metro whose political habits are deeply settled.

Cite this page
All citations released under CC BY 4.0. Attribution: Akashic Intelligence.
Dodge City, KS, Kansas — The Long Memory. Akashic Intelligence — The Long Memory. https://tiers.akashic.app/cbsa/19980/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.
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Frequently asked questions

How did Dodge City, KS, Kansas vote in 2024?
In 2024, Dodge City, KS, Kansas voted Republican by 38.3 points (R+38), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,247 votes cast, 2,461 went Democratic and 5,616 went Republican.
What is Dodge City, KS, Kansas's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Dodge City, KS, Kansas as a "Republican loyalist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 8 times, Republican 25 times, and other 1 times.
When did Dodge City, KS, Kansas last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Dodge City, KS, Kansas voted Democratic was 1976.
How many people live in Dodge City, KS, Kansas?
Dodge City, KS, Kansas has a population of 34,074 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Dodge City, KS, Kansas?
Median household income in Dodge City, KS, Kansas is $70,781 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kansas state median is $74,275.
What is the political history of Dodge City, KS, Kansas?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Dodge City, KS, Kansas from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Republican loyalist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.