Editing Sumner County, Kansas (section)

==Government==
===Presidential elections===
Sumner County, like many neighboring counties, often votes for the Republican Party in presidential elections. However, in 1992 independent candidate [[Ross Perot]] came within two percent of winning the county against [[George H. W. Bush]]. The last time the county voted for a Democratic candidate was [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1976.
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{{PresRow|2024|Republican|7,810|2,527|244|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|2020|Republican|8,105|2,591|232|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|6,984|2,076|662|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|6,260|2,658|223|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|6,737|3,353|247|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|7,092|3,217|179|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|6,176|3,549|507|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|5,952|3,638|1,387|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|4,087|3,564|3,937|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|5,394|4,417|231|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|6,942|3,708|143|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|6,038|3,761|697|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|4,645|5,385|310|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,941|2,685|569|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|5,622|3,562|1,136|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|4,760|5,574|116|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|7,219|4,462|55|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|7,024|4,088|46|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|8,134|3,567|96|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|5,922|4,571|192|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|6,343|4,187|64|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|6,585|5,988|125|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|4,946|7,966|27|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|4,926|6,353|340|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|8,951|2,108|181|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|5,552|2,556|2,000|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,830|3,454|354|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|4,079|5,519|763|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|781|2,557|3,060|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|3,235|2,772|299|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|3,264|1,489|545|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|3,184|2,982|125|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|2,515|3,048|56|Kansas}}
{{PresRow|1892|Populist|3,503|0|4,192|Kansas}}
{{PresFoot|1888|Republican|3,499|2,139|1,400|Kansas}}
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===Laws===
Following amendment to the [[Kansas Constitution]] in 1986, Sumner County remained a prohibition, or [[dry county|"dry"]], county until 1992, when voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30 percent food sales requirement.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm| title=Map of Wet and Dry Counties| publisher=Alcoholic Beverage Control, Kansas Department of Revenue| date=November 2006| access-date=December 26, 2007| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008013617/http://www.ksrevenue.org/abcwetdrymap.htm| archive-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>