Jessamine County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Jessamine County by 35.8 points, out of 26,685 votes for president.

Jessamine 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	17,854	66.9%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	8,303	31.1%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	238	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	131	0.5%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	105	0.4%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	30	0.1%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	13	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	3	0.0%
Joseph KISHORE / Jerry WHITE (Write-In)	3	0.0%
John CHENG / Wayne WALIGORSKI (Write-In)	1	0.0%
James D. SODERNA / Matthew J. TREWHELLA (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jay J. BOWMAN / De BOWMAN (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	26,685

Jessamine County was R+35.8 against R+30.5 statewide, 5.3 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	17,096	65.1%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	8,567	32.6%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	447	1.7%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	92	0.4%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	49	0.2%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	22	0.1%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	5	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	2	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	26,280

Jessamine County was R+32.5 against R+25.9 statewide, 6.6 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	15,474	66.3%
Hillary Clinton	6,144	26.3%
Gary Johnson WELD	829	3.6%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	675	2.9%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	170	0.7%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	14	0.1%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	10	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	7	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	2	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	1	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	23,326

Jessamine County was R+40.0 against R+29.8 statewide, 10.2 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	14,233	69.0%
Barack Obama	6,001	29.1%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	260	1.3%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	64	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	63	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	10	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	2	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	0	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	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	20,633

Jessamine County was R+39.9 against R+22.7 statewide, 17.2 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	13,711	67.8%
Barack Obama DEM	6,236	30.8%
All other candidates	267	1.3%
Total	20,214

Jessamine County was R+37.0 against R+16.2 statewide, 20.8 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)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	12,972	69.8%
John Kerry DEM	5,476	29.5%
All other candidates	132	0.7%
Total	18,580

Jessamine County was R+40.3 against R+19.9 statewide, 20.4 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	10,074	66.9%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	4,633	30.8%
All other candidates	354	2.4%
Total	15,061

Jessamine County was R+36.1 against R+15.1 statewide, 21.0 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 Jessamine County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Jessamine County by 35.8 points, out of 26,685 votes counted for president.

Is Jessamine County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 35.8 points; 2020: Republican by 32.5 points; 2016: Republican by 40.0 points; 2012: Republican by 39.9 points; 2008: Republican by 37.0 points; 2004: Republican by 40.3 points; 2000: Republican by 36.1 points.

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

In 2024 it was 5.3 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 35.8 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