Shelby County, Kentucky presidential election results
In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Shelby County by 34.7 points, out of 24,620 votes for president.
2024
Kentucky 2024| Ticket | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump Republican Party | 16,356 | 66.4% | |
| Kamala Harris Democratic Party | 7,822 | 31.8% | |
| Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent) | 247 | 1.0% | |
| Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party) | 88 | 0.4% | |
| Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party) | 81 | 0.3% | |
| Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent) | 13 | 0.1% | |
| Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In) | 8 | 0.0% | |
| Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (Write-In) | 4 | 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 | 24,620 | ||
Shelby County was R+34.6 against R+30.5 statewide, 4.1 points more Republican than the state.
2020
Kentucky 2020| Ticket | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump Republican Party | 15,055 | 63.9% | |
| Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party | 8,077 | 34.3% | |
| Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party) | 302 | 1.3% | |
| Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent) | 73 | 0.3% | |
| Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent) | 38 | 0.2% | |
| Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In) | 3 | 0.0% | |
| Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In) | 1 | 0.0% | |
| Shawn HOWARD / Alyssa HOWARD (Write-In) | 1 | 0.0% | |
| Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (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% | |
| 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 | 23,550 | ||
Shelby County was R+29.6 against R+25.9 statewide, 3.7 points more Republican than the state.
2016
Kentucky 2016| Ticket | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald J. Trump | 13,196 | 64.1% | |
| Hillary Clinton | 6,276 | 30.5% | |
| Gary Johnson WELD | 629 | 3.1% | |
| Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON | 324 | 1.6% | |
| Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA | 138 | 0.7% | |
| Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG | 10 | 0.0% | |
| Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY | 3 | 0.0% | |
| Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ | 1 | 0.0% | |
| Mike SMITH / Daniel WHITE | 1 | 0.0% | |
| Scott CUBBLER / Michael RODRIGUEZ | 1 | 0.0% | |
| Joseph MALDONADO / Douglas TERRANOVA | 1 | 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% | |
| Laurence KOTLIKOFF / Edward LEAMER | 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% | |
| 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 | 20,580 | ||
Shelby County was R+33.6 against R+29.8 statewide, 3.8 points more Republican than the state.
2012
Kentucky 2012| Ticket | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitt Romney RYAN | 11,790 | 63.2% | |
| Barack Obama | 6,634 | 35.5% | |
| Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY | 136 | 0.7% | |
| Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH | 59 | 0.3% | |
| Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA | 40 | 0.2% | |
| Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER | 4 | 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 | 18,663 | ||
Shelby County was R+27.7 against R+22.7 statewide, 5.0 points more Republican than the state.
2008
Kentucky 2008| Ticket | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| John McCain REP | 11,451 | 61.8% | |
| Barack Obama DEM | 6,871 | 37.1% | |
| All other candidates | 218 | 1.2% | |
| Total | 18,540 | ||
Shelby County was R+24.7 against R+16.2 statewide, 8.5 points more Republican than the state.
2004
Kentucky 2004| Ticket | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush REP | 10,909 | 66.9% | |
| John Kerry DEM | 5,277 | 32.3% | |
| All other candidates | 127 | 0.8% | |
| Total | 16,313 | ||
Shelby County was R+34.6 against R+19.9 statewide, 14.7 points more Republican than the state.
2000
Kentucky 2000| Ticket | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|
| George W. Bush REP | 8,068 | 63.3% | |
| Albert Gore, Jr. DEM | 4,435 | 34.8% | |
| All other candidates | 235 | 1.8% | |
| Total | 12,738 | ||
Shelby County was R+28.5 against R+15.1 statewide, 13.4 points more Republican than the state.
Questions and answers
Who won Shelby County, Kentucky in 2024?
Donald J. Trump won Shelby County by 34.7 points, out of 24,620 votes counted for president.
Is Shelby County Republican or Democratic?
Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 34.6 points; 2020: Republican by 29.6 points; 2016: Republican by 33.6 points; 2012: Republican by 27.7 points; 2008: Republican by 24.7 points; 2004: Republican by 34.6 points; 2000: Republican by 28.5 points.
How does Shelby County vote compared with the rest of Kentucky?
In 2024 it was 4.1 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 34.6 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