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1876–2024
Bracken County, Kentucky
Bracken County·Kentucky

Bracken County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of Kentucky's smallest counties, with margins to match its outsized lean

18762024·38 elections
Bracken County, Kentucky · W.marsh · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+65
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
8,444
2024 ACS
Most similar
Box Butte County
NE · similarity 1.00
8 precincts · 4,153 votes cast
Trump · R+65
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−64.9%
7023,3994,153
2020R
−61.2%
8003,3984,246
2016R
−56.9%
7052,7113,527
2012R
−27.3%
1,1472,0293,232
2008R
−24.3%
1,2412,0663,399
2004R
−31.9%
1,2132,3633,610
2000R
−39.0%
8882,0653,019
1996R
−11.6%
1,0551,3712,720
1992D
+3.3%
1,2591,1622,932
1988R
−16.1%
1,1761,6302,824
1984R
−22.7%
1,1361,8122,976
1980D
+10.1%
1,4201,1542,644
1976D
+28.0%
1,5778792,495
1972R
−29.8%
8731,6282,532
1968R
−1.8%
1,0671,1152,732
1964D
+38.9%
1,9588612,819
1960R
−20.3%
1,3262,0023,328
1956R
−7.3%
1,5151,7543,276
1952D
+1.8%
1,7531,6903,444
1948D
+19.9%
1,8631,2393,134
1944D
+12.6%
1,9151,4833,417
1940D
+11.6%
1,9611,5513,521
1936D
+15.1%
1,9561,4363,444
1932D
+23.9%
2,4071,4713,921
1928R
−40.2%
1,2012,8204,030
1924R
−8.5%
1,4851,7793,443
1920D
+18.6%
2,6211,7914,468
1916D
+21.0%
1,6761,0822,823
1912D
+26.2%
1,3156932,375
1908D
+15.2%
1,5101,1002,702
1904D
+15.1%
1,5961,1652,855
1900D
+17.1%
1,8691,3183,215
1896D
+17.6%
1,7621,2263,049
1892D
+18.0%
1,4729962,641
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Other Christian
13.3%
Baptist
12.8%
Catholic & Orthodox
10.2%
Methodist
5.1%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.4%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 57.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Bracken County, tucked into Kentucky's Ohio River border, delivers some of the state's most lopsided presidential margins despite a population under 9,000 — a pattern consistent across multiple recent election cycles.

The Republican margin in Bracken County reached its widest at sixty-five points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was sixty-five points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Bracken County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $66,319, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 8,444 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Box Butte County and Breckinridge County.