Oldham County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Oldham County by 22.6 points, out of 38,210 votes for president.

Oldham 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	23,025	60.3%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	14,402	37.7%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	361	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	193	0.5%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	181	0.5%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	25	0.1%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	14	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	5	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	4	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	38,210

Oldham County was R+22.6 against R+30.5 statewide, 7.9 points more Democratic 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	22,654	59.7%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	14,505	38.2%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	601	1.6%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	113	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	67	0.2%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	20	0.1%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	14	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Shawn HOWARD / Alyssa HOWARD (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Andy PRIOR (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	37,976

Oldham County was R+21.5 against R+25.9 statewide, 4.4 points more Democratic 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	20,469	62.3%
Hillary Clinton	10,268	31.3%
Gary Johnson WELD	1,229	3.7%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	590	1.8%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	282	0.9%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	15	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	32,853

Oldham County was R+31.0 against R+29.8 statewide, 1.2 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	20,179	67.5%
Barack Obama	9,240	30.9%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	299	1.0%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	98	0.3%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	57	0.2%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	11	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	29,884

Oldham County was R+36.6 against R+22.7 statewide, 13.9 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	18,997	64.8%
Barack Obama DEM	10,000	34.1%
All other candidates	319	1.1%
Total	29,316

Oldham County was R+30.7 against R+16.2 statewide, 14.5 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)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	18,801	69.3%
John Kerry DEM	8,080	29.8%
All other candidates	251	0.9%
Total	27,132

Oldham County was R+39.5 against R+19.9 statewide, 19.6 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	13,580	67.0%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	6,236	30.8%
All other candidates	452	2.2%
Total	20,268

Oldham County was R+36.2 against R+15.1 statewide, 21.1 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Oldham County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Oldham County by 22.6 points, out of 38,210 votes counted for president.

Is Oldham County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 22.6 points; 2020: Republican by 21.5 points; 2016: Republican by 31.0 points; 2012: Republican by 36.6 points; 2008: Republican by 30.7 points; 2004: Republican by 39.5 points; 2000: Republican by 36.2 points.

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

In 2024 it was 7.9 points more Democratic than the state as a whole (Republican by 22.6 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