The odds heavily favor Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump in Kansas, but some polling has found Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in the lead.



On polling analyst Nate Silver�s website, http://fivethirtyeight.com, Kansas is a lighter shade of red than Republican neighbors Oklahoma and Nebraska.



Kansas isn�t on the list of 15 states to watch as Trump and Clinton battle in tightly competitive states for votes, but it isn�t as bright red as Alabama, for example. Trump�s chances of winning Alabama are 99.5 percent. In Kansas, his chances are 89.8 percent.



Projections show Trump could win all six of Kansas� Electoral College votes but fail to capture 50 percent of the popular vote.



As of Tuesday, the website carried a projected outcome of Nov. 8 in Kansas: Trump, 49.8 percent; Clinton 40.8 percent; and Libertarian Gary Johnson 7.8 percent. The Green Party ticket also will be on the Kansas ballot.



Fort Hays State University�s Docking Institute of Public Affairs conducts surveys and a Kansas Speaks statewide survey will be released at the end of October. Docking Institute�s director Gary Brinker said this presidential race is a challenge for polls, because of gains and losses by Trump.



�This election is different from any of the previous ones, in a way that make polling almost useless. The way that Donald Trump is almost daily doing things that shift a significant number of the populace, it just makes polls almost useless in predicting the outcome of the election,� Brinker said.



The release Friday of the �Access Hollywood� tape where Trump said that because he�s a star he�s able to grab women caused some Republican leaders to withdraw their endorsement or to say little.



U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, reacted on Twitter the day after the tape emerged.



�Disgusting, discouraging and damaging. Everyone is worthy of being treated with dignity and respect.�



�Aaaaand?� asked one Twitter follower.



As of Tuesday, Moran�s campaign referred questions about Moran�s stance to the Twitter statement.



The News was unable to obtain a statement from the staff of Reps. Tim Huelskamp, R-Fowler/Hutchinson, Lynn Jenkins, R-Topeka, or Kevin Yoder, R-Overland Park.



First Congressional District candidate Roger Marshall, R-Great Bend, wrote a longer piece on Facebook, explaining how he continued to want a Trump presidency, because the alternative would be Clinton who could appoint several justices to the Supreme Court.



Marshall�s rival, Alan LaPolice, is a former Republican running as an independent. He had not endorsed anyone so he didn�t have an endorsement to reconsider.



�I have the luxury of not being obligated to endorse the top of the ticket,� LaPolice said.