Bowling Green, KY, Kentucky
Akashic| Donald Trump ✓Republican | 67.1% | 52,639 |
|---|---|---|
| Kamala HarrisDemocratic | 31.4% | 24,653 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Independent | 1.5% | 1,207 |
County-level results (4 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Allen County, KY | Republican | R+67.1 |
| Butler County, KY | Republican | R+66.3 |
| Edmonson County, KY | Republican | R+62.9 |
| Warren County, KY | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Other | Margin | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 31.4%Harris24,653 | 67.1%Trump52,639 | 1.5%Kennedy1,207 | 78,499 | ||
| R | 34.3%Biden26,427 | 63.8%Trump49,166 | 1.9%Jorgensen1,429 | 77,022 | ||
| R | 30.0%Clinton20,241 | 64.9%Trump43,702 | 5.1%Johnson3,427 | 67,370 | ||
| R | 35.0%Obama21,280 | 63.4%Romney38,516 | 1.5%Johnson935 | 60,731 | ||
| R | 36.9%Obama22,900 | 62.0%McCain38,509 | 1.1%Nader703 | 62,112 | ||
| R | 33.7%Kerry19,541 | 65.6%Bush38,006 | 0.7%Nader386 | 57,933 | ||
| R | 34.7%Gore17,139 | 63.9%Bush31,554 | 1.4%Nader716 | 49,409 | ||
| R | 37.6%Clinton16,278 | 55.3%Dole23,966 | 7.1%Perot3,060 | 43,304 | ||
| R | 37.3%Clinton16,690 | 50.8%Bush22,710 | 11.9%Perot5,302 | 44,702 | ||
| R | 34.6%Dukakis13,745 | 65.1%Bush25,878 | 0.4%Duke151 | 39,774 | ||
| R | 31.2%Mondale11,713 | 68.5%Reagan25,716 | 0.3%Mason128 | 37,557 | ||
| R | 38.8%Carter14,179 | 58.6%Reagan21,412 | 2.7%Anderson974 | 36,565 | ||
| R | 47.3%Carter14,894 | 51.8%Ford16,286 | 0.9%Anderson281 | 31,461 | ||
| R | 29.2%McGovern8,750 | 69.4%Nixon20,774 | 1.3%Schmitz391 | 29,915 | ||
| R | 25.1%Humphrey7,497 | 53.3%Nixon15,953 | 21.6%Wallace6,456 | 29,906 | ||
| D | 54.0%Johnson14,487 | 45.7%Goldwater12,256 | 0.3%Hass69 | 26,812 | ||
| R | 37.0%Kennedy11,188 | 63.0%Nixon19,024 | 0.0% | 30,212 | ||
| R | 39.5%Stevenson11,412 | 60.3%Eisenhower17,426 | 0.3%Andrews75 | 28,913 | ||
| R | 41.4%Stevenson11,005 | 58.3%Eisenhower15,488 | 0.3%Hallinan69 | 26,562 | ||
| R | 48.0%Truman10,509 | 48.8%Dewey10,677 | 3.2%Thurmond694 | 21,880 | ||
| R | 45.1%Roosevelt11,439 | 54.6%Dewey13,851 | 0.3%Thomas77 | 25,367 | ||
| R | 48.3%Roosevelt12,392 | 51.4%Willkie13,179 | 0.3%Thomas76 | 25,647 | ||
| D | 50.9%Roosevelt13,101 | 48.8%Landon12,537 | 0.3%Lemke76 | 25,714 | ||
| D | 54.1%Roosevelt15,580 | 45.4%Hoover13,064 | 0.5%Thomas132 | 28,776 | ||
| R | 30.4%Smith8,414 | 69.5%Hoover19,230 | 0.1%Thomas14 | 27,658 | ||
| R | 46.1%Davis11,738 | 53.0%Coolidge13,472 | 0.9%La Follette225 | 25,435 | ||
| R | 43.1%Cox11,792 | 56.2%Harding15,395 | 0.7%Debs183 | 27,370 | ||
| R | 46.7%Wilson7,968 | 52.4%Hughes8,944 | 0.9%Benson157 | 17,069 | ||
| D | 43.2%Wilson6,491 | 28.9%Taft4,334 | 27.9%Roosevelt4,184 | 15,009 | ||
| R | 44.5%Bryan7,014 | 53.7%Taft8,470 | 1.8%Debs282 | 15,766 | ||
| R | 44.1%Parker6,574 | 53.5%Roosevelt7,975 | 2.4%Debs359 | 14,908 | ||
| R | 45.6%Bryan6,994 | 53.1%McKinley8,142 | 1.3%Woolley192 | 15,328 | ||
| R | 48.3%Bryan7,178 | 49.2%McKinley7,320 | 2.5%Palmer368 | 14,866 | ||
| D | 45.7%Cleveland5,189 | 43.9%Harrison4,987 | 10.4%Weaver1,180 | 11,356 |
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.8% |
| 1896 | −1.0% |
| 1900 | −7.5% |
| 1904 | −9.4% |
| 1908 | −9.2% |
| 1912 | +14.4% |
| 1916 | −5.7% |
| 1920 | −13.2% |
| 1924 | −6.8% |
| 1928 | −39.1% |
| 1932 | +8.7% |
| 1936 | +2.2% |
| 1940 | −3.1% |
| 1944 | −9.5% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −16.9% |
| 1956 | −20.8% |
| 1960 | −25.9% |
| 1964 | +8.3% |
| 1968 | −28.3% |
| 1972 | −40.2% |
| 1976 | −4.4% |
| 1980 | −19.8% |
| 1984 | −37.3% |
| 1988 | −30.5% |
| 1992 | −13.5% |
| 1996 | −17.8% |
| 2000 | −29.2% |
| 2004 | −31.9% |
| 2008 | −25.1% |
| 2012 | −28.4% |
| 2016 | −34.8% |
| 2020 | −29.5% |
| 2024 | −35.7% |
131,287 registered voters · 2024
Bowling Green's electorate has trended reliably Republican at the federal level, but its large international refugee and immigrant community — one of Kentucky's most diverse — adds demographic complexity that distinguishes it from surrounding rural counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 14.4 points in 1912 and a Republican high of 40.2 points in 1972. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 6.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 35.7 points.
A population of 186,959, a 78% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,933 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Richmond-Berea, KY and Joplin, MO-KS.
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