10,000 Kansas children have lost food assistance because voters sat on the sidelines in 2024

By: Clay Wirestone

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: May 30, 2026

Words: 668

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Political indifference will kill Kansans.

In 2024, 57.2% of Kansans voting in the presidential election cast their ballots for Donald Trump. At the time, commentators pointed out that a tidal wave of rightwing proposals would shortly swamp the United States, harming the most vulnerable.

Of the state’s 2 million registered voters, more than 700,000 abstained. They could have made a difference. Now that crimson wave has begun to hit, and Kansans …

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