- Source: Nytimes
- | Via: New York Times
Kansas has voted for every Republican presidential candidate since Barry Goldwater, and is expected to deliver Mitt Romney a comfortable victory this year. Senator John McCain carried the state by 15 points in 2008. But an even clearer example of the state's current reliability as a Republican stronghold can be seen in the Third Congressional District, where Representative Kevin Yoder, a Republican, was elected in 2010.