Wayne County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Wayne County by 65.9 points, out of 8,733 votes for president.

Wayne 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	7,203	82.5%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	1,444	16.5%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	60	0.7%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	14	0.2%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	10	0.1%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	2	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	8,733

Wayne County was R+66.0 against R+30.5 statewide, 35.5 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	7,430	80.4%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	1,700	18.4%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	69	0.7%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	29	0.3%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	12	0.1%
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	9,240

Wayne County was R+62.0 against R+25.9 statewide, 36.1 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	6,371	79.7%
Hillary Clinton	1,431	17.9%
Gary Johnson WELD	116	1.5%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	41	0.5%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	30	0.4%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	3	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	7,992

Wayne County was R+61.8 against R+29.8 statewide, 32.0 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	5,289	73.4%
Barack Obama	1,855	25.7%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	30	0.4%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	21	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	15	0.2%
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	7,210

Wayne County was R+47.7 against R+22.7 statewide, 25.0 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	4,868	67.6%
Barack Obama DEM	2,201	30.6%
All other candidates	127	1.8%
Total	7,196

Wayne County was R+37.0 against R+16.2 statewide, 20.8 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	5,027	65.4%
John Kerry DEM	2,616	34.0%
All other candidates	42	0.5%
Total	7,685

Wayne County was R+31.4 against R+19.9 statewide, 11.5 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	4,069	62.9%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	2,312	35.7%
All other candidates	93	1.4%
Total	6,474

Wayne County was R+27.2 against R+15.1 statewide, 12.1 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 Wayne County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Wayne County by 65.9 points, out of 8,733 votes counted for president.

Is Wayne County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 66.0 points; 2020: Republican by 62.0 points; 2016: Republican by 61.8 points; 2012: Republican by 47.7 points; 2008: Republican by 37.0 points; 2004: Republican by 31.4 points; 2000: Republican by 27.2 points.

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

In 2024 it was 35.5 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 66.0 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