But Kansas voters rejected the measure by nearly 20 percentage points, almost a mirror of Republican Donald Trump's statewide margin over Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. The Kansas county with the largest drop from the presidential election to the abortion referendum was Greenwood, in rural southeast Kansas. The latest AP tallies show that more than 922,000 votes were cast by Kansas voters on the abortion referendum. The most recent electorate also was considerably less Republican than in a typical Kansas primary. It worked: Around 184,000 more votes were cast for the abortion amendment than voted for governor, a likely barometer to measure their portion of the electorate.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 12, 2022 04:34 UTC