Simpson County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Simpson County by 43.9 points, out of 8,776 votes for president.

Simpson 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	6,253	71.3%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	2,403	27.4%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	72	0.8%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	26	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	19	0.2%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	3	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	8,776

Simpson County was R+43.9 against R+30.5 statewide, 13.4 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	5,888	67.4%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	2,681	30.7%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	128	1.5%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	18	0.2%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	17	0.2%
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	8,732

Simpson County was R+36.7 against R+25.9 statewide, 10.8 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	5,077	67.4%
Hillary Clinton	2,144	28.5%
Gary Johnson WELD	200	2.7%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	65	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	38	0.5%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	5	0.1%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	1	0.0%
Chris KENISTON / Deacon TAYLOR	1	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	0	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Steve SCHULIN	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	7,531

Simpson County was R+38.9 against R+29.8 statewide, 9.1 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	4,355	61.4%
Barack Obama	2,650	37.4%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	55	0.8%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	20	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	9	0.1%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	3	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	1	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	7,093

Simpson County was R+24.0 against R+22.7 statewide, 1.3 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	4,437	60.7%
Barack Obama DEM	2,775	38.0%
All other candidates	97	1.3%
Total	7,309

Simpson County was R+22.7 against R+16.2 statewide, 6.5 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	4,273	60.7%
John Kerry DEM	2,730	38.8%
All other candidates	40	0.6%
Total	7,043

Simpson County was R+21.9 against R+19.9 statewide, 2.0 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	3,169	54.4%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	2,583	44.4%
All other candidates	72	1.2%
Total	5,824

Simpson County was R+10.0 against R+15.1 statewide, 5.1 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Simpson County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Simpson County by 43.9 points, out of 8,776 votes counted for president.

Is Simpson County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 43.9 points; 2020: Republican by 36.7 points; 2016: Republican by 38.9 points; 2012: Republican by 24.0 points; 2008: Republican by 22.7 points; 2004: Republican by 21.9 points; 2000: Republican by 10.0 points.

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

In 2024 it was 13.4 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 43.9 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