Letcher County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Letcher County by 63.9 points, out of 8,431 votes for president.

Letcher 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	6,848	81.2%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	1,457	17.3%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	80	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	23	0.3%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	20	0.2%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	2	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	0	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	8,431

Letcher County was R+63.9 against R+30.5 statewide, 33.4 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	7,226	79.1%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	1,799	19.7%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	69	0.8%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	28	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	13	0.1%
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	9,135

Letcher County was R+59.4 against R+25.9 statewide, 33.5 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	7,293	79.8%
Hillary Clinton	1,542	16.9%
Gary Johnson WELD	210	2.3%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	49	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	37	0.4%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	3	0.0%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	0	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	0	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	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%
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	9,134

Letcher County was R+62.9 against R+29.8 statewide, 33.1 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	6,811	77.8%
Barack Obama	1,702	19.4%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	137	1.6%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	77	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	31	0.4%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	0	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%
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	8,758

Letcher County was R+58.4 against R+22.7 statewide, 35.7 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	5,367	65.2%
Barack Obama DEM	2,623	31.9%
All other candidates	245	3.0%
Total	8,235

Letcher County was R+33.3 against R+16.2 statewide, 17.1 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)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	4,801	53.0%
John Kerry DEM	4,192	46.2%
All other candidates	72	0.8%
Total	9,065

Letcher County was R+6.8 against R+19.9 statewide, 13.1 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)

2000

Kentucky 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	4,698	52.3%
George W. Bush REP	4,092	45.5%
All other candidates	195	2.2%
Total	8,985

Letcher County was D+6.8 against R+15.1 statewide, 21.9 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 Letcher County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Letcher County by 63.9 points, out of 8,431 votes counted for president.

Is Letcher County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 63.9 points; 2020: Republican by 59.4 points; 2016: Republican by 62.9 points; 2012: Republican by 58.4 points; 2008: Republican by 33.3 points; 2004: Republican by 6.8 points; 2000: Democratic by 6.8 points.

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

In 2024 it was 33.4 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 63.9 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