Nelson County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Nelson County by 41.7 points, out of 22,852 votes for president.

Nelson 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	16,052	70.2%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	6,515	28.5%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	166	0.7%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	51	0.2%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	43	0.2%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	12	0.1%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	11	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	22,852

Nelson County was R+41.7 against R+30.5 statewide, 11.2 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	15,703	67.5%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	7,188	30.9%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	268	1.2%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	45	0.2%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	41	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	5	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	4	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	2	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	23,256

Nelson County was R+36.6 against R+25.9 statewide, 10.7 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	13,431	64.6%
Hillary Clinton	6,434	30.9%
Gary Johnson WELD	565	2.7%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	201	1.0%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	131	0.6%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	17	0.1%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	11	0.1%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	11	0.1%
Denny Carroll JACKSON / Michelle Faye HICKS	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%
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	20,802

Nelson County was R+33.7 against R+29.8 statewide, 3.9 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	10,673	57.6%
Barack Obama	7,611	41.1%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	124	0.7%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	86	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	38	0.2%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	1	0.0%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	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	18,533

Nelson County was R+16.5 against R+22.7 statewide, 6.2 points more Democratic 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	10,139	55.9%
Barack Obama DEM	7,654	42.2%
All other candidates	353	1.9%
Total	18,146

Nelson County was R+13.7 against R+16.2 statewide, 2.5 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)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	10,161	60.3%
John Kerry DEM	6,524	38.7%
All other candidates	159	0.9%
Total	16,844

Nelson County was R+21.6 against R+19.9 statewide, 1.7 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)

2000

Kentucky 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	7,714	57.2%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	5,481	40.6%
All other candidates	293	2.2%
Total	13,488

Nelson County was R+16.6 against R+15.1 statewide, 1.5 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 Nelson County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Nelson County by 41.7 points, out of 22,852 votes counted for president.

Is Nelson County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 41.7 points; 2020: Republican by 36.6 points; 2016: Republican by 33.7 points; 2012: Republican by 16.5 points; 2008: Republican by 13.7 points; 2004: Republican by 21.6 points; 2000: Republican by 16.6 points.

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

In 2024 it was 11.2 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 41.7 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