Boone County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Boone County by 37.2 points, out of 67,421 votes for president.

Boone County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

Kentucky 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	45,650	67.7%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	20,601	30.6%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	532	0.8%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	331	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	226	0.3%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	42	0.1%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	25	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	11	0.0%
Jay J. BOWMAN / De BOWMAN (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Billy KELLEY JR. / Jason HOLDEMAN (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	0	0.0%
James D. SODERNA / Matthew J. TREWHELLA (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joseph KISHORE / Jerry WHITE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
John CHENG / Wayne WALIGORSKI (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Cherunda FOX / Harlan McVAY JR. (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Andre Ramon McNEIL SR. / Roschelle McNEIL (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Future Madam POTUS / Jessica KENNEDY (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	67,421

Boone County was R+37.1 against R+30.5 statewide, 6.6 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2024 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-7 of 120)

2020

Kentucky 2020

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	44,814	66.9%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	20,901	31.2%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	981	1.5%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	171	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	93	0.1%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	20	0.0%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	16	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Andy PRIOR (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Shawn HOWARD / Alyssa HOWARD (Write-In)	0	0.0%
President R19 BODDIE / Eric C. STONEHAM (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Kasey WELLS / Rachel WELLS (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Timothy Allen STEVENS / Susan Congleton FLETCHER (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Mary Ruth Caro SIMMONS / Sherri DOW (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Total	66,998

Boone County was R+35.7 against R+25.9 statewide, 9.8 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2020 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-6 of 95)

2016

Kentucky 2016

Ticket	Votes	Share
Donald J. Trump	39,082	67.8%
Hillary Clinton	15,026	26.1%
Gary Johnson WELD	2,299	4.0%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	763	1.3%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	380	0.7%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	41	0.1%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	20	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	2	0.0%
Denny Carroll JACKSON / Michelle Faye HICKS	2	0.0%
Laurence KOTLIKOFF / Edward LEAMER	2	0.0%
David PERRY / Eric "Rick" SEILEY	1	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	0	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	0	0.0%
Irving D. SMITH / Craig ELLIS	0	0.0%
Timothy Allen STEVENS / John Paul MABRY JR.	0	0.0%
Mike SMITH / Daniel WHITE	0	0.0%
Scott CUBBLER / Michael RODRIGUEZ	0	0.0%
Richard Turner LUESING JR. / Paul Dudley BOWLING III	0	0.0%
Dave MARSHALL / Ben HARTNELL	0	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Niles NIEMUTH	0	0.0%
Joseph MALDONADO / Douglas TERRANOVA	0	0.0%
Marshall SCHOENKE / James MITCHELL JR.	0	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	0	0.0%
David L. KNIGHT / Santa Roy A. CLARK	0	0.0%
Sheila "Samm" TITTLE / R. Charles CASPER-KACPROWICZ	0	0.0%
Cherunda FOX / Roger KUSHNER	0	0.0%
William Martin LING / Robert E. LING	0	0.0%
Daniel Paul ZUTLER / Valerie M. MICHAELS	0	0.0%
Anthony J. VALDIVIA / Aaron BARRIERE	0	0.0%
Total	57,618

Boone County was R+41.7 against R+29.8 statewide, 11.9 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Kentucky Secretary of State, Official 2016 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-5 of 64); the 29 ticket headers are printed vertically

2012

Kentucky 2012

Ticket	Votes	Share
Mitt Romney RYAN	35,922	68.4%
Barack Obama	15,629	29.8%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	669	1.3%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	143	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	135	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	10	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	2	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	1	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	0	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Phyllis SCHERRER	0	0.0%
Stephen DURHAM / Christina LOPEZ	0	0.0%
Louis Todd HOUSE / Suzanne D. HOUSE	0	0.0%
Dennis KNILL / David GILDER	0	0.0%
Barbara Ann PROKOPICH / Allen R. FARNHAM	0	0.0%
Erin Kent MAGEE / William Thomas HARNEY	0	0.0%
Keith JUDD / Dorne SMITH	0	0.0%
Total	52,511

Boone County was R+38.6 against R+22.7 statewide, 15.9 points more Republican than the state.

Source: Commonwealth of Kentucky, Secretary of State, Official 2012 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-6 of 83; the PDF is encrypted against text extraction, a decrypted copy under state_pdfs/2012/_pages/ was read)

2008

Kentucky 2008

Ticket	Votes	Share
John McCain REP	33,812	66.6%
Barack Obama DEM	16,292	32.1%
All other candidates	670	1.3%
Total	50,774

Boone County was R+34.5 against R+16.2 statewide, 18.3 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	32,329	71.7%
John Kerry DEM	12,391	27.5%
All other candidates	362	0.8%
Total	45,082

Boone County was R+44.2 against R+19.9 statewide, 24.3 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

2000

Kentucky 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	22,016	68.8%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	9,248	28.9%
All other candidates	720	2.3%
Total	31,984

Boone County was R+39.9 against R+15.1 statewide, 24.8 points more Republican than the state.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, County Presidential Election Returns 2000-2016 (compiled from official state election records)

Questions and answers

Who won Boone County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Boone County by 37.2 points, out of 67,421 votes counted for president.

Is Boone County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 37.1 points; 2020: Republican by 35.7 points; 2016: Republican by 41.7 points; 2012: Republican by 38.6 points; 2008: Republican by 34.5 points; 2004: Republican by 44.2 points; 2000: Republican by 39.9 points.

How does Boone County vote compared with the rest of Kentucky?

In 2024 it was 6.6 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 37.1 points against Republican by 30.5 points statewide).

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data