Mercer County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Mercer County by 50.5 points, out of 11,851 votes for president.

Mercer 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	8,826	74.5%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	2,838	23.9%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	108	0.9%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	38	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	25	0.2%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	8	0.1%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	6	0.1%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (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%
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	11,851

Mercer County was R+50.6 against R+30.5 statewide, 20.1 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	8,506	72.5%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	3,033	25.8%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	140	1.2%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	40	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	16	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	11,735

Mercer County was R+46.7 against R+25.9 statewide, 20.8 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	7,740	73.1%
Hillary Clinton	2,395	22.6%
Gary Johnson WELD	275	2.6%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	101	1.0%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	68	0.6%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	5	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	1	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	10,585

Mercer County was R+50.5 against R+29.8 statewide, 20.7 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	6,820	68.6%
Barack Obama	2,966	29.8%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	86	0.9%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	35	0.4%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	29	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	2	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	1	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	9,939

Mercer County was R+38.8 against R+22.7 statewide, 16.1 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	6,781	67.4%
Barack Obama DEM	3,159	31.4%
All other candidates	120	1.2%
Total	10,060

Mercer County was R+36.0 against R+16.2 statewide, 19.8 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	6,745	67.3%
John Kerry DEM	3,224	32.1%
All other candidates	59	0.6%
Total	10,028

Mercer County was R+35.2 against R+19.9 statewide, 15.3 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	5,362	62.1%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	3,092	35.8%
All other candidates	178	2.1%
Total	8,632

Mercer County was R+26.3 against R+15.1 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Mercer County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Mercer County by 50.5 points, out of 11,851 votes counted for president.

Is Mercer County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 50.6 points; 2020: Republican by 46.7 points; 2016: Republican by 50.5 points; 2012: Republican by 38.8 points; 2008: Republican by 36.0 points; 2004: Republican by 35.2 points; 2000: Republican by 26.3 points.

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

In 2024 it was 20.1 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 50.6 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