States / Kansas

Kansas

One in five people in Kansas who took the quiz scored libertarian, about the same as the country. One in 45 voted that way. Here is what the count says about Kansas, what the state has changed, and who is doing the work.

18.8%
of quiz takers hold libertarian positions3,975 people with a Kansas ZIP, January to October 2024, margin ±1.2 points
2.2%
voted Libertarian2020 presidential, 30,574 of 1.4 million votes
25of 50
on the state score47.8 of 100 from five published parts

How Kansas scores

47.8 of 100, rank 25 of 50. Five parts, each turned into a 0 to 100 mark and weighted as shown. The method page has the formulas.

Personal freedom Cato rank 37 of 50, 202327weight 25
Economic freedom Cato rank 25 of 50, 202351weight 25
Civil forfeiture law Institute for Justice grade D, 202525weight 10
Quiz takers who hold libertarian positions 18.8% of 3,975, pulled toward the national 18.9% for sample size, then ranked against the other states50weight 25
Voted Libertarian for president 2.23% in 2020, ranked against the other states89weight 15

Wins on the ledger, 1 for Kansas, are listed below and left out of the score, because the ledger records what we have checked, not everything that happened.

Where Kansas lands

Quiz takers in the state against quiz takers everywhere, by type. The bar is the state; the line is the country.

Libertarian18.8%
Moderate45.3%
Progressive22.8%
Conservative7.8%
Authoritarian5.2%

United States, same window. These are quiz takers, not a sample of residents. The current quiz version cannot be shown by state until ZIP capture, which stopped in January 2026, is restored.

How free is Kansas

Eight measures, each from its publisher, each with the year it was measured.

Overall freedom rank25 of 50Cato, 2023
Economic freedom rank25Cato, 2023
Personal freedom rank37Cato, 2023
Education freedom ranknot ranked
Civil forfeiture gradeDInstitute for Justice, 2025
Right to workYesNRTW, 2024
Concealed carryConstitutionalUSCCA, 2025
CannabisIllegalNCSL, 2025

What Kansas changed

Every entry is a real change in what the government forbids or requires, one an ordinary person could feel the next day, with sources. Partial wins say so.

  1. Kansas overhauls civil asset forfeiture with a unanimous bipartisan vote

    Kansas SB 458 raises the burden of proof for civil asset forfeiture, requires judicial review to establish probable cause, makes the government pay attorney fees when an owner successfully challenges a seizure, bars forfeiture for personal-use drug possession, and limits when local police can hand cases to federal agencies for adoption.

    Criminal justice, April 2024

Who is doing the work in Kansas

Advocates for Self-Government, which publishes this site, works in every state. 1 group is based in Kansas, and other national groups take cases and run programs everywhere. Say who you are and what you care about to sort the whole directory.

Kansas Policy InstituteFree market policy research and advocacy at the state capitol.Wichita, KS
Cato InstitutePublic policy research across every issue on this site, with a sponsors program and internships.National
Reason FoundationPolicy research on transportation, pensions, drug policy, criminal justice and education, and publisher of Reason magazine.National
Institute for JusticePublic-interest law firm that litigates occupational licensing, civil forfeiture, eminent domain, school choice and free speech cases at no cost to the client.National
Who are you, and what do you care about?Find your people in Kansas

Count Kansas

The state's count grows one booth and one classroom at a time. Three ways to add to it.