Kansas

KANSAS

6 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Kansas Secretary of State)

Total Population, July 1, 2004 est.	2,735,502
Total Registration, Oct. 2004	1,694,365 >

Rep. 783,068 (46.22%) Dem. 454,478 (26.82%) Lib. 9,432 (0.56%) Ref. 2,278 (0.13%) Unaffiliated 445,109 (26.27%)
Kansas has: 105 counties.
Largest Counties: Sedgwick, Johnson, Shawnee, Wyandotte, Douglas.
Largest Cities: Wichita, Kansas City, Overland Park, Topeka.

Government
Governor: Kathleen Sebelius (D) elected in 2002.
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) re-elected in 2002, Sam Brownback (R) re-elected in 2004.

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 2, 2004

Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	4,013	(0.33)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	434,993	(36.62)
Peroutka/Baldwin (Const.)	2,899	(0.24)
Ralph Nader (F.)	9,348	(0.79)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	736,456	(62.00)
Walt Brown	4	-
David Cobb	33	-
John Joseph Kennedy	5	-
Bill Van Auken	5	-
Total........1,187,756

2004 Overview
Not since LBJ in 1964 has a Democratic presidential candidate carried Kansas. Bush improved upon his 2000 showing gaining a plurality of 301,463 votes (25.38 percentage points). As in 2000, the Democratic ticket carried Douglas County (includes Lawrence, KS, home of Univ. of Kansas) and Wyandotte County/Kansas City.
General Election Details

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

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

2000 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.

2004 Caucuses

Democrats March 13 - Statewide Caucuses - in Senate Districts (about 50 locations)
April 3 - Congressional District Caucuses
April 24 - State Convention in Topeka

Delegates: 41 Delegates (33 Pledged, 8 Unpledged) and 6 Alternates

Kansas Statutes Chapter 25, Article 45 sets out specifications for the presidential preference primary election. Brad Bryant, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, stated (Feb. 18, 2002), "The law authorizes the Secretary of State to pick the date and to find other states to coordinate schedules with for a multi-state primary. We aren't working on it yet. We have to certify the date to the Legislature by early November, 2003."