By JONATHAN ZWEYGARDT
Hays Post
Fewer than 1,300 Ellis County registered voters cast ballots in Tuesday’s Presidential Primary Election.
This year was just the third time that Kansas voters were able to cast their ballot in a presidential primary election hosted by the state. Previously, the two political parties hosted presidential caucuses.
According to unofficial results from the Ellis County Clerk and Election Office, Tuesday’s turnout was 6.42%.
Of the 19,613 registered voters in Ellis County, 1,259 total ballots were cast.
A total of 997 Republican votes were cast, with former President Donald Trump getting 828 voters, or 83%.
Nikki Haley was second with 11%, followed by none of the names shown (4%), Ron DeSantis (1%) and Ryan Binkley (0.2%).
There were 262 Democratic ballots cast. President Joe Biden received 198 of those votes for 76%.
None of the names shown was second with 39 votes (15%), Dean Phillips (3.8%), Marianne Williamson (3%) and Jason Michael Palmer (2.7%).
In Kansas, Democratic voters cast 35,031 votes for Biden, or about 84%.
Trump received twice as many Republican votes and received 75% of the vote.
Also on Tuesday, Trump easily won Republican primaries in Arizona, Florida, Illinois and Ohio. Biden did the same except in Florida, where Democrats had canceled their primary.
Both candidates had already gathered enough votes to secure a rematch of the 2020 election.