Fayette County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Kamala Harris won Fayette County by 18.1 points, out of 143,935 votes for president.

Fayette County margin: Republican minus Democratic share, in points. Bars above the line lean Republican, below lean Democratic.

2024

Kentucky 2024

Ticket	Votes	Share
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	83,387	57.9%
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	57,347	39.8%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	1,244	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	1,020	0.7%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	669	0.5%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	95	0.1%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	90	0.1%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	41	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	37	0.0%
Joseph KISHORE / Jerry WHITE (Write-In)	3	0.0%
Jay J. BOWMAN / De BOWMAN (Write-In)	1	0.0%
John CHENG / Wayne WALIGORSKI (Write-In)	1	0.0%
James D. SODERNA / Matthew J. TREWHELLA (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	143,935

Fayette County was D+18.1 against R+30.5 statewide, 48.6 points more Democratic 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
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	90,600	59.2%
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	58,860	38.5%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	2,383	1.6%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	562	0.4%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	309	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	101	0.1%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	56	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	17	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	15	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (Write-In)	5	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Andy PRIOR (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Shawn HOWARD / Alyssa HOWARD (Write-In)	2	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	152,912

Fayette County was D+20.7 against R+25.9 statewide, 46.6 points more Democratic 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
Hillary Clinton	69,778	51.2%
Donald J. Trump	56,894	41.7%
Gary Johnson WELD	5,230	3.8%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	2,636	1.9%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	1,580	1.2%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	127	0.1%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	29	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	29	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	3	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	3	0.0%
Mike SMITH / Daniel WHITE	3	0.0%
Denny Carroll JACKSON / Michelle Faye HICKS	1	0.0%
David PERRY / Eric "Rick" SEILEY	1	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Niles NIEMUTH	1	0.0%
Irving D. SMITH / Craig ELLIS	0	0.0%
Timothy Allen STEVENS / John Paul MABRY JR.	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%
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	136,315

Fayette County was D+9.5 against R+29.8 statewide, 39.3 points more Democratic 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
Barack Obama	62,080	49.3%
Mitt Romney RYAN	60,795	48.3%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	1,824	1.4%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	805	0.6%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	321	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	32	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	6	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	2	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Phyllis SCHERRER	1	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	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	125,866

Fayette County was D+1.0 against R+22.7 statewide, 23.7 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
Barack Obama DEM	66,042	51.7%
John McCain REP	59,884	46.9%
All other candidates	1,713	1.3%
Total	127,639

Fayette County was D+4.8 against R+16.2 statewide, 21.0 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	66,406	52.9%
John Kerry DEM	57,994	46.2%
All other candidates	1,176	0.9%
Total	125,576

Fayette County was R+6.7 against R+19.9 statewide, 13.2 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	54,495	51.7%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	47,277	44.8%
All other candidates	3,705	3.5%
Total	105,477

Fayette County was R+6.9 against R+15.1 statewide, 8.2 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 Fayette County, Kentucky in 2024?

Kamala Harris won Fayette County by 18.1 points, out of 143,935 votes counted for president.

Is Fayette County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Democratic by 18.1 points; 2020: Democratic by 20.7 points; 2016: Democratic by 9.5 points; 2012: Democratic by 1.0 points; 2008: Democratic by 4.8 points; 2004: Republican by 6.7 points; 2000: Republican by 6.9 points.

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

In 2024 it was 48.6 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Democratic by 18.1 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