Madison County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Madison County by 30.9 points, out of 45,188 votes for president.

Madison 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	29,130	64.5%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	15,180	33.6%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	454	1.0%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	200	0.4%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	174	0.4%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	26	0.1%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	18	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Billy KELLEY JR. / Jason HOLDEMAN (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%
Joseph KISHORE / Jerry WHITE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
John CHENG / Wayne WALIGORSKI (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	45,188

Madison County was R+30.9 against R+30.5 statewide, 0.4 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	27,356	62.2%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	15,581	35.4%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	730	1.7%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	140	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	104	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	23	0.1%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	14	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	8	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (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	43,957

Madison County was R+26.8 against R+25.9 statewide, 0.9 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	23,431	62.7%
Hillary Clinton	11,793	31.6%
Gary Johnson WELD	1,189	3.2%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	552	1.5%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	353	0.9%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	20	0.1%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	18	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	11	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	3	0.0%
Jerry WHITE / Niles NIEMUTH	1	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%
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	37,371

Madison County was R+31.1 against R+29.8 statewide, 1.3 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	21,128	63.4%
Barack Obama	11,512	34.5%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	370	1.1%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	176	0.5%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	131	0.4%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	5	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	33,322

Madison County was R+28.9 against R+22.7 statewide, 6.2 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	19,694	60.5%
Barack Obama DEM	12,392	38.1%
All other candidates	451	1.4%
Total	32,537

Madison County was R+22.4 against R+16.2 statewide, 6.2 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)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	18,922	61.6%
John Kerry DEM	11,525	37.5%
All other candidates	260	0.8%
Total	30,707

Madison County was R+24.1 against R+19.9 statewide, 4.2 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	13,682	57.8%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	9,309	39.3%
All other candidates	675	2.9%
Total	23,666

Madison County was R+18.5 against R+15.1 statewide, 3.4 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Madison County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Madison County by 30.9 points, out of 45,188 votes counted for president.

Is Madison County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 30.9 points; 2020: Republican by 26.8 points; 2016: Republican by 31.1 points; 2012: Republican by 28.9 points; 2008: Republican by 22.4 points; 2004: Republican by 24.1 points; 2000: Republican by 18.5 points.

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

In 2024 it was 0.4 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 30.9 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