Kenton County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Kenton County by 21.7 points, out of 80,948 votes for president.

Kenton 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	48,444	59.8%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	30,859	38.1%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	702	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	440	0.5%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	368	0.5%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	62	0.1%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	35	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	30	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	7	0.0%
James D. SODERNA / Matthew J. TREWHELLA (Write-In)	1	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	80,948

Kenton County was R+21.7 against R+30.5 statewide, 8.8 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	48,129	58.6%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	32,271	39.3%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	1,360	1.7%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	225	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	135	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	53	0.1%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	17	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Shawn HOWARD / Alyssa HOWARD (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Andy PRIOR (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	82,198

Kenton County was R+19.3 against R+25.9 statewide, 6.6 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
Donald J. Trump	42,958	59.7%
Hillary Clinton	24,214	33.6%
Gary Johnson WELD	3,093	4.3%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	938	1.3%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	703	1.0%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	42	0.1%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	35	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	10	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Niles NIEMUTH	2	0.0%
Denny Carroll JACKSON / Michelle Faye HICKS	1	0.0%
Dave MARSHALL / Ben HARTNELL	1	0.0%
Cherunda FOX / Roger KUSHNER	1	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	0	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	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%
David PERRY / Eric "Rick" SEILEY	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%
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	71,998

Kenton County was R+26.1 against R+29.8 statewide, 3.7 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
Mitt Romney RYAN	41,389	61.1%
Barack Obama	24,920	36.8%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	921	1.4%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	240	0.4%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	215	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	12	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	6	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	1	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	67,704

Kenton County was R+24.3 against R+22.7 statewide, 1.6 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	40,714	59.7%
Barack Obama DEM	26,480	38.8%
All other candidates	1,019	1.5%
Total	68,213

Kenton County was R+20.9 against R+16.2 statewide, 4.7 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	43,664	65.1%
John Kerry DEM	22,834	34.0%
All other candidates	625	0.9%
Total	67,123

Kenton County was R+31.1 against R+19.9 statewide, 11.2 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	35,363	62.9%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	19,100	34.0%
All other candidates	1,786	3.2%
Total	56,249

Kenton County was R+28.9 against R+15.1 statewide, 13.8 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 Kenton County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Kenton County by 21.7 points, out of 80,948 votes counted for president.

Is Kenton County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 21.7 points; 2020: Republican by 19.3 points; 2016: Republican by 26.1 points; 2012: Republican by 24.3 points; 2008: Republican by 20.9 points; 2004: Republican by 31.1 points; 2000: Republican by 28.9 points.

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

In 2024 it was 8.8 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Republican by 21.7 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