Whitley County, Kentucky presidential election results

In 2024 Donald J. Trump won Whitley County by 69.3 points, out of 15,075 votes for president.

Whitley 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	12,687	84.2%
Kamala Harris Democratic Party	2,237	14.8%
Robert F. KENNEDY JR / Nicole SHANAHAN (Independent)	93	0.6%
Chase OLIVER / Mike TER MAAT (Libertarian Party)	32	0.2%
Jill STEIN / Samson KPADENOU (Kentucky Party)	19	0.1%
Shiva AYYADURAI / Crystal ELLIS (Independent)	7	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	15,075

Whitley County was R+69.4 against R+30.5 statewide, 38.9 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	12,567	81.8%
Joseph R. Biden Democratic Party	2,552	16.6%
Jo JORGENSEN / Jeremy "Spike" COHEN (Libertarian Party)	177	1.2%
Kanye WEST / Michelle TIDBALL (Independent)	34	0.2%
Brock PIERCE / Karla BALLARD (Independent)	17	0.1%
Howie HAWKINS / Angela WALKER (Write-In)	5	0.0%
Brian CARROLL / Amar PATEL (Write-In)	3	0.0%
Mark CHARLES / Adrian WALLACE (Write-In)	1	0.0%
Gloria LA RIVA / Sunil FREEMAN (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	15,356

Whitley County was R+65.2 against R+25.9 statewide, 39.3 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	11,312	82.1%
Hillary Clinton	2,067	15.0%
Gary Johnson WELD	242	1.8%
Evan McMULLIN / Nathan JOHNSON	103	0.7%
Jill STEIN / Ajamu BARAKA	41	0.3%
Rocky Roque DE LA FUENTE / Michael STEINBERG	4	0.0%
Darrell L. CASTLE / Scott N. BRADLEY	4	0.0%
Michael A. MATUREN / Juan A. MUNOZ	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%
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	13,774

Whitley County was R+67.1 against R+29.8 statewide, 37.3 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	10,232	78.3%
Barack Obama	2,683	20.5%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	83	0.6%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	45	0.3%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	25	0.2%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	3	0.0%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	1	0.0%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	0	0.0%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	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	13,072

Whitley County was R+57.8 against R+22.7 statewide, 35.1 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	10,015	73.1%
Barack Obama DEM	3,484	25.4%
All other candidates	205	1.5%
Total	13,704

Whitley County was R+47.7 against R+16.2 statewide, 31.5 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	9,559	70.1%
John Kerry DEM	3,985	29.2%
All other candidates	85	0.6%
Total	13,629

Whitley County was R+40.9 against R+19.9 statewide, 21.0 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	7,502	63.7%
Albert Gore, Jr. DEM	4,101	34.8%
All other candidates	171	1.5%
Total	11,774

Whitley County was R+28.9 against R+15.1 statewide, 13.8 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)

Questions and answers

Who won Whitley County, Kentucky in 2024?

Donald J. Trump won Whitley County by 69.3 points, out of 15,075 votes counted for president.

Is Whitley County Republican or Democratic?

Presidential results: 2024: Republican by 69.4 points; 2020: Republican by 65.2 points; 2016: Republican by 67.1 points; 2012: Republican by 57.8 points; 2008: Republican by 47.7 points; 2004: Republican by 40.9 points; 2000: Republican by 28.9 points.

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

In 2024 it was 38.9 points more Republican than the state as a whole (Republican by 69.4 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