Boyd County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Boyd County by 38.5 points, out of 20,951 votes for president.

Boyd 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	14,363	68.6%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	6,291	30.0%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	180	0.9%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	54	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	51	0.2%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	12	0.1%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	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	20,951

Boyd County was R+38.6 against R+30.5 statewide, 8.1 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	14,295	65.7%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	7,083	32.6%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	287	1.3%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	55	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	21	0.1%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	9	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (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	21,751

Boyd County was R+33.1 against R+25.9 statewide, 7.2 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	13,591	66.4%
Hillary Clinton	6,021	29.4%
Gary Johnson WELD	496	2.4%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	168	0.8%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	167	0.8%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	11	0.1%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	0	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	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	20,454

Boyd County was R+37.0 against R+29.8 statewide, 7.2 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	10,884	57.1%
Barack Obama	7,776	40.8%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	183	1.0%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	133	0.7%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	65	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	7	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	1	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	0	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	19,049

Boyd County was R+16.3 against R+22.7 statewide, 6.4 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	11,430	55.3%
Barack Obama DEM	8,886	43.0%
All other candidates	354	1.7%
Total	20,670

Boyd County was R+12.3 against R+16.2 statewide, 3.9 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)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	11,501	52.8%
John Kerry DEM	10,132	46.5%
All other candidates	144	0.7%
Total	21,777

Boyd County was R+6.3 against R+19.9 statewide, 13.6 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)

2000

Kentucky 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	9,541	49.7%
George W. Bush REP	9,247	48.2%
All other candidates	394	2.1%
Total	19,182

Boyd County was D+1.5 against R+15.1 statewide, 16.6 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 Boyd County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Boyd County by 38.5 points, out of 20,951 votes counted for president.

Is Boyd County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 38.6 points; 2020: Republican by 33.1 points; 2016: Republican by 37.0 points; 2012: Republican by 16.3 points; 2008: Republican by 12.3 points; 2004: Republican by 6.3 points; 2000: Democratic by 1.5 points.

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

In 2024 it was 8.1 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 38.6 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