Owsley County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Owsley County by 77.3 points, out of 1,839 votes for president.

Owsley 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	1,625	88.4%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	203	11.0%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	8	0.4%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	2	0.1%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	1	0.1%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	0	0.0%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In)	0	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	1,839

Owsley County was R+77.4 against R+30.5 statewide, 46.9 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	1,671	88.1%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	216	11.4%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	6	0.3%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	3	0.2%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	0	0.0%
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	1,896

Owsley County was R+76.7 against R+25.9 statewide, 50.8 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	1,474	83.8%
Hillary Clinton	256	14.6%
Gary Johnson WELD	24	1.4%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	3	0.2%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	2	0.1%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	0	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	1,759

Owsley County was R+69.2 against R+29.8 statewide, 39.4 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	1,279	80.9%
Barack Obama	283	17.9%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	8	0.5%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	6	0.4%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	4	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	0	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	1,580

Owsley County was R+63.0 against R+22.7 statewide, 40.3 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	1,279	75.9%
Barack Obama DEM	381	22.6%
All other candidates	26	1.5%
Total	1,686

Owsley County was R+53.3 against R+16.2 statewide, 37.1 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)

2004

Kentucky 2004

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	1,558	77.9%
John Kerry DEM	430	21.5%
All other candidates	11	0.6%
Total	1,999

Owsley County was R+56.4 against R+19.9 statewide, 36.5 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)

2000

Kentucky 2000

Ticket	Votes	Share
George W. Bush REP	1,466	80.3%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	339	18.6%
All other candidates	21	1.2%
Total	1,826

Owsley County was R+61.7 against R+15.1 statewide, 46.6 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Owsley County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Owsley County by 77.3 points, out of 1,839 votes counted for president.

Is Owsley County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 77.4 points; 2020: Republican by 76.7 points; 2016: Republican by 69.2 points; 2012: Republican by 63.0 points; 2008: Republican by 53.3 points; 2004: Republican by 56.4 points; 2000: Republican by 61.7 points.

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

In 2024 it was 46.9 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 77.4 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