Bourbon County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Bourbon County by 33.5 points, out of 9,537 votes for president.

Bourbon 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	6,284	65.9%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	3,088	32.4%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	99	1.0%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	33	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	31	0.3%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	0	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	0	0.0%
James D. SODERNA / Matthew J. TREWHELLA (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jay J. BOWMAN / De BOWMAN (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Joseph KISHORE / Jerry WHITE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
John CHENG / Wayne WALIGORSKI (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Billy KELLEY JR. / Jason HOLDEMAN (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	9,537

Bourbon County was R+33.5 against R+30.5 statewide, 3.0 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	6,190	64.2%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	3,296	34.2%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	106	1.1%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	31	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	20	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	3	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Andy PRIOR (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	9,648

Bourbon County was R+30.0 against R+25.9 statewide, 4.1 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	5,569	63.3%
Hillary Clinton	2,791	31.7%
Gary Johnson WELD	283	3.2%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	96	1.1%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	52	0.6%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	5	0.1%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	4	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	3	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	0	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	0	0.0%
Denny Carroll JACKSON / Michelle Faye HICKS	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%
Laurence KOTLIKOFF / Edward LEAMER	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%
David PERRY / Eric "Rick" SEILEY	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	8,803

Bourbon County was R+31.6 against R+29.8 statewide, 1.8 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	4,692	59.2%
Barack Obama	3,075	38.8%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	62	0.8%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	41	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	39	0.5%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	13	0.2%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	1	0.0%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	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	7,923

Bourbon County was R+20.4 against R+22.7 statewide, 2.3 points more Democratic 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	4,820	57.9%
Barack Obama DEM	3,385	40.6%
All other candidates	125	1.5%
Total	8,330

Bourbon County was R+17.3 against R+16.2 statewide, 1.1 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	4,953	60.3%
John Kerry DEM	3,198	38.9%
All other candidates	66	0.8%
Total	8,217

Bourbon County was R+21.4 against R+19.9 statewide, 1.5 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	3,881	54.6%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	3,048	42.9%
All other candidates	173	2.4%
Total	7,102

Bourbon County was R+11.7 against R+15.1 statewide, 3.4 points more Democratic 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 Bourbon County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Bourbon County by 33.5 points, out of 9,537 votes counted for president.

Is Bourbon County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 33.5 points; 2020: Republican by 30.0 points; 2016: Republican by 31.6 points; 2012: Republican by 20.4 points; 2008: Republican by 17.3 points; 2004: Republican by 21.4 points; 2000: Republican by 11.7 points.

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

In 2024 it was 3.0 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 33.5 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