Hardin County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Hardin County by 29.3 points, out of 48,082 votes for president.

Hardin 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	30,672	63.8%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	16,572	34.5%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	450	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	185	0.4%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	154	0.3%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	27	0.1%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	11	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	9	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	2	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	48,082

Hardin County was R+29.3 against R+30.5 statewide, 1.2 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
Donald J. Trump Republican Party	29,832	61.0%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	18,101	37.0%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	753	1.5%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	151	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	104	0.2%
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%
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	48,941

Hardin County was R+24.0 against R+25.9 statewide, 1.9 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
Donald J. Trump	26,971	62.5%
Hillary Clinton	13,944	32.3%
Gary Johnson WELD	1,413	3.3%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	440	1.0%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	346	0.8%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	28	0.1%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	7	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	5	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	1	0.0%
Joseph MALDONADO / Douglas TERRANOVA	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%
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%
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	43,156

Hardin County was R+30.2 against R+29.8 statewide, 0.4 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	23,357	59.6%
Barack Obama	15,214	38.8%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	339	0.9%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	163	0.4%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	139	0.4%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	5	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	1	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	39,218

Hardin County was R+20.8 against R+22.7 statewide, 1.9 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	23,896	59.8%
Barack Obama DEM	15,650	39.1%
All other candidates	444	1.1%
Total	39,990

Hardin County was R+20.7 against R+16.2 statewide, 4.5 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	24,627	67.6%
John Kerry DEM	11,507	31.6%
All other candidates	307	0.8%
Total	36,441

Hardin County was R+36.0 against R+19.9 statewide, 16.1 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	18,964	61.8%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	11,095	36.2%
All other candidates	631	2.1%
Total	30,690

Hardin County was R+25.6 against R+15.1 statewide, 10.5 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 Hardin County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Hardin County by 29.3 points, out of 48,082 votes counted for president.

Is Hardin County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 29.3 points; 2020: Republican by 24.0 points; 2016: Republican by 30.2 points; 2012: Republican by 20.8 points; 2008: Republican by 20.7 points; 2004: Republican by 36.0 points; 2000: Republican by 25.6 points.

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

In 2024 it was 1.2 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Republican by 29.3 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