Daviess County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Daviess County by 31.9 points, out of 47,097 votes for president.

Daviess 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	30,705	65.2%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	15,673	33.3%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	404	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	133	0.3%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	130	0.3%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	22	0.0%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	20	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	8	0.0%
James D. SODERNA / Matthew J. TREWHELLA (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (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	47,097

Daviess County was R+31.9 against R+30.5 statewide, 1.4 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	31,025	62.9%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	17,286	35.1%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	670	1.4%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	168	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	96	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	24	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	18	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	49,287

Daviess County was R+27.8 against R+25.9 statewide, 1.9 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	28,907	63.1%
Hillary Clinton	14,163	30.9%
Gary Johnson WELD	1,488	3.2%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	741	1.6%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	453	1.0%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	29	0.1%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	17	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	6	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	1	0.0%
Laurence KOTLIKOFF / Edward LEAMER	1	0.0%
William Martin LING / Robert E. LING	1	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	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%
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%
Daniel Paul ZUTLER / Valerie M. MICHAELS	0	0.0%
Anthony J. VALDIVIA / Aaron BARRIERE	0	0.0%
Total	45,807

Daviess County was R+32.2 against R+29.8 statewide, 2.4 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	25,092	59.6%
Barack Obama	16,208	38.5%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	440	1.0%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	207	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	132	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	7	0.0%
Stephen DURHAM / Christina LOPEZ	1	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%
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	42,087

Daviess County was R+21.1 against R+22.7 statewide, 1.6 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	23,692	54.3%
Barack Obama DEM	19,282	44.2%
All other candidates	648	1.5%
Total	43,622

Daviess County was R+10.1 against R+16.2 statewide, 6.1 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	25,372	61.2%
John Kerry DEM	15,788	38.1%
All other candidates	323	0.8%
Total	41,483

Daviess County was R+23.1 against R+19.9 statewide, 3.2 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)

2000

Kentucky 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	21,361	58.9%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	14,126	39.0%
All other candidates	753	2.1%
Total	36,240

Daviess County was R+19.9 against R+15.1 statewide, 4.8 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 Daviess County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Daviess County by 31.9 points, out of 47,097 votes counted for president.

Is Daviess County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 31.9 points; 2020: Republican by 27.8 points; 2016: Republican by 32.2 points; 2012: Republican by 21.1 points; 2008: Republican by 10.1 points; 2004: Republican by 23.1 points; 2000: Republican by 19.9 points.

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

In 2024 it was 1.4 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 31.9 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