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Kansas Remote vs Clicker vs Controller vs Channel Changer Map
This map compares regional and family names for the thing people use to control the TV from the couch, including remote, clicker, controller, channel changer, zapper, flipper, and other local names. This Kansas page focuses on county-level results inside the state.
Current result: Kansas is leaning Flipper on the Remote vs Clicker vs Controller vs Channel Changer Map, with 26% of 19 verified votes.
Prompt: What do you call the thing you use to control the TV from the couch?
Answer options: Remote / remote control / Clicker / Controller / Channel changer / Zapper / Flipper / Other local name.
Open the interactive map to vote once and compare national, state, and county results.
Last updated from verified vote data: Jun 15, 2026, 3:55 PM EDT.
Kansas Results Snapshot
- Remote / remote control: 2 verified votes (11%)
- Clicker: 3 verified votes (16%)
- Controller: 4 verified votes (21%)
- Channel changer: 2 verified votes (11%)
- Zapper: 3 verified votes (16%)
- Flipper: 5 verified votes (26%)
- Other local name: 0 verified votes (0%)
County Results in Kansas
These counties currently have the most verified votes in Kansas.
- Seward County County: 3 verified votes, Flipper leads with 67%
- Barber County County: 1 verified votes, Channel changer leads with 100%
- Bourbon County County: 1 verified votes, Clicker leads with 100%
- Chase County County: 1 verified votes, Flipper leads with 100%
- Chautauqua County County: 1 verified votes, Zapper leads with 100%
- Cowley County County: 1 verified votes, Controller leads with 100%
- Douglas County County: 1 verified votes, Channel changer leads with 100%
- Hamilton County County: 1 verified votes, Controller leads with 100%
- Haskell County County: 1 verified votes, Controller leads with 100%
- Jackson County County: 1 verified votes, Remote / remote control leads with 100%
What This Map Compares
This page is meant to answer common regional comparisons for remote vs clicker vs controller vs channel changer map.
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Worth Knowing
Clicker is not just random slang: early TV remotes could make an actual clicking sound, which helped the nickname stick in some families and regions.
How The Map Works
Votes use browser location or ZIP backup, are grouped by national, state, and county result maps, and are live self-selected responses rather than a scientific poll. Exact GPS is not stored in public results.
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