Carter County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Carter County by 58.4 points, out of 11,422 votes for president.

Carter 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	8,981	78.6%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	2,305	20.2%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	81	0.7%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	27	0.2%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	22	0.2%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	4	0.0%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (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%
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	11,422

Carter County was R+58.4 against R+30.5 statewide, 27.9 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	8,775	75.7%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	2,642	22.8%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	107	0.9%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	45	0.4%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	16	0.1%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (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	11,586

Carter County was R+52.9 against R+25.9 statewide, 27.0 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	7,587	73.8%
Hillary Clinton	2,276	22.1%
Gary Johnson WELD	237	2.3%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	109	1.1%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	58	0.6%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	7	0.1%
Timothy Allen STEVENS / John Paul MABRY JR.	4	0.0%
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%
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	10,278

Carter County was R+51.7 against R+29.8 statewide, 21.9 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	5,279	59.3%
Barack Obama	3,383	38.0%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	115	1.3%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	84	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	45	0.5%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	2	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	0	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	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	8,908

Carter County was R+21.3 against R+22.7 statewide, 1.4 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	5,252	53.5%
Barack Obama DEM	4,316	44.0%
All other candidates	245	2.5%
Total	9,813

Carter County was R+9.5 against R+16.2 statewide, 6.7 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
John Kerry DEM	5,577	50.2%
George W. Bush REP	5,422	48.8%
All other candidates	118	1.1%
Total	11,117

Carter County was D+1.4 against R+19.9 statewide, 21.3 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
George W. Bush REP	4,617	51.5%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	4,182	46.7%
All other candidates	160	1.8%
Total	8,959

Carter County was R+4.8 against R+15.1 statewide, 10.3 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 Carter County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Carter County by 58.4 points, out of 11,422 votes counted for president.

Is Carter County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 58.4 points; 2020: Republican by 52.9 points; 2016: Republican by 51.7 points; 2012: Republican by 21.3 points; 2008: Republican by 9.5 points; 2004: Democratic by 1.4 points; 2000: Republican by 4.8 points.

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

In 2024 it was 27.9 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 58.4 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