Meade County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Meade County by 52.0 points, out of 14,123 votes for president.

Meade 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	10,630	75.3%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	3,279	23.2%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	139	1.0%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	38	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	27	0.2%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	6	0.0%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	2	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	14,123

Meade County was R+52.1 against R+30.5 statewide, 21.6 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	10,185	72.2%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	3,632	25.7%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	235	1.7%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	33	0.2%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	26	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	2	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	14,113

Meade County was R+46.5 against R+25.9 statewide, 20.6 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	8,660	70.8%
Hillary Clinton	3,026	24.7%
Gary Johnson WELD	333	2.7%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	107	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	97	0.8%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	6	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	2	0.0%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	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	12,231

Meade County was R+46.1 against R+29.8 statewide, 16.3 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	6,606	60.5%
Barack Obama	4,122	37.8%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	78	0.7%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	61	0.6%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	48	0.4%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	1	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	10,916

Meade County was R+22.7 against R+22.7 statewide, 0.0 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	6,691	59.7%
Barack Obama DEM	4,343	38.8%
All other candidates	172	1.5%
Total	11,206

Meade 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	7,152	65.3%
John Kerry DEM	3,724	34.0%
All other candidates	75	0.7%
Total	10,951

Meade County was R+31.3 against R+19.9 statewide, 11.4 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	5,319	58.6%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	3,596	39.6%
All other candidates	156	1.7%
Total	9,071

Meade County was R+19.0 against R+15.1 statewide, 3.9 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 Meade County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Meade County by 52.0 points, out of 14,123 votes counted for president.

Is Meade County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 52.1 points; 2020: Republican by 46.5 points; 2016: Republican by 46.1 points; 2012: Republican by 22.7 points; 2008: Republican by 20.9 points; 2004: Republican by 31.3 points; 2000: Republican by 19.0 points.

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

In 2024 it was 21.6 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 52.1 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