Taylor County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Taylor County by 56.7 points, out of 12,261 votes for president.

Taylor 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	9,523	77.7%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	2,576	21.0%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	113	0.9%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	22	0.2%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	17	0.1%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	5	0.0%
Cornel WEST / Melina ABDULLAH (Write-In)	5	0.0%
Peter SONSKI / Lauren ONAK (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Claudia DE LA CRUZ / Karina GARCIA (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	12,261

Taylor County was R+56.7 against R+30.5 statewide, 26.2 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	9,376	74.9%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	2,963	23.7%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	119	1.0%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	35	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	19	0.2%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	2	0.0%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Andy PRIOR (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	0	0.0%
Jade SIMMONS / Claudeliah J. ROZE (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	12,517

Taylor County was R+51.2 against R+25.9 statewide, 25.3 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	8,320	73.6%
Hillary Clinton	2,553	22.6%
Gary Johnson WELD	233	2.1%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	142	1.3%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	53	0.5%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	3	0.0%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	2	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	11,306

Taylor County was R+51.0 against R+29.8 statewide, 21.2 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	7,551	69.0%
Barack Obama	3,285	30.0%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	52	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	31	0.3%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	28	0.3%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	3	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	10,950

Taylor County was R+39.0 against R+22.7 statewide, 16.3 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	7,568	69.7%
Barack Obama DEM	3,165	29.1%
All other candidates	127	1.2%
Total	10,860

Taylor County was R+40.6 against R+16.2 statewide, 24.4 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	7,247	70.4%
John Kerry DEM	2,979	28.9%
All other candidates	69	0.7%
Total	10,295

Taylor County was R+41.5 against R+19.9 statewide, 21.6 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	6,151	68.0%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	2,790	30.8%
All other candidates	110	1.2%
Total	9,051

Taylor County was R+37.2 against R+15.1 statewide, 22.1 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 Taylor County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Taylor County by 56.7 points, out of 12,261 votes counted for president.

Is Taylor County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 56.7 points; 2020: Republican by 51.2 points; 2016: Republican by 51.0 points; 2012: Republican by 39.0 points; 2008: Republican by 40.6 points; 2004: Republican by 41.5 points; 2000: Republican by 37.2 points.

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

In 2024 it was 26.2 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 56.7 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