Clay County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Clay County by 80.3 points, out of 7,517 votes for president.

Clay 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	6,729	89.5%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	692	9.2%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	67	0.9%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	13	0.2%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	10	0.1%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	6	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	7,517

Clay County was R+80.3 against R+30.5 statewide, 49.8 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	6,677	88.0%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	831	10.9%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	40	0.5%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	23	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	19	0.3%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	0	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	7,591

Clay County was R+77.1 against R+25.9 statewide, 51.2 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	5,861	86.6%
Hillary Clinton	752	11.1%
Gary Johnson WELD	83	1.2%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	40	0.6%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	26	0.4%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	3	0.0%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	2	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	6,767

Clay County was R+75.5 against R+29.8 statewide, 45.7 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	6,176	83.7%
Barack Obama	1,111	15.0%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	42	0.6%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	34	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	20	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	0	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	7,383

Clay County was R+68.7 against R+22.7 statewide, 46.0 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	5,710	77.5%
Barack Obama DEM	1,552	21.1%
All other candidates	102	1.4%
Total	7,364

Clay County was R+56.4 against R+16.2 statewide, 40.2 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	5,726	74.5%
John Kerry DEM	1,901	24.7%
All other candidates	60	0.8%
Total	7,687

Clay County was R+49.8 against R+19.9 statewide, 29.9 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	4,926	73.3%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	1,723	25.6%
All other candidates	70	1.0%
Total	6,719

Clay County was R+47.7 against R+15.1 statewide, 32.6 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 Clay County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Clay County by 80.3 points, out of 7,517 votes counted for president.

Is Clay County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 80.3 points; 2020: Republican by 77.1 points; 2016: Republican by 75.5 points; 2012: Republican by 68.7 points; 2008: Republican by 56.4 points; 2004: Republican by 49.8 points; 2000: Republican by 47.7 points.

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

In 2024 it was 49.8 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 80.3 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