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1876–2024
Washington County, Kentucky
Washington County·Kentucky

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

One of Kentucky's most lopsided rural counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Washington County, Kentucky · Bedford at en.wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+50
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
12,140
2024 ACS
Most similar
Toole County
MT · similarity 1.00
13 precincts · 6,341 votes cast
Trump · R+50
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−50.3%
1,5334,7206,341
2020R
−45.6%
1,6444,4826,225
2016R
−46.0%
1,4204,0135,636
2012R
−35.0%
1,6693,4955,219
2008R
−26.8%
1,8903,3055,275
2004R
−33.5%
1,7243,4795,236
2000R
−34.6%
1,4583,0444,588
1996R
−11.5%
1,6392,1164,161
1992R
−1.9%
2,0082,0984,695
1988R
−11.1%
1,9502,4454,454
1984R
−21.9%
1,7862,8044,655
1980D
+3.3%
2,1472,0084,249
1976D
+14.4%
2,3761,7654,235
1972R
−20.4%
1,5522,3784,051
1968R
−4.7%
1,6751,8634,019
1964D
+28.2%
2,7901,5614,351
1960R
−4.8%
2,3912,6325,023
1956R
−9.7%
2,0842,5364,637
1952R
−4.0%
2,1142,2904,415
1948D
+7.8%
2,1211,8133,962
1944R
−1.5%
2,2832,3534,654
1940D
+5.0%
2,6122,3624,976
1936D
+2.5%
2,5162,3914,943
1932D
+9.6%
2,8412,3405,203
1928R
−12.8%
2,2662,9335,204
1924R
−1.1%
2,2382,2864,537
1920R
−5.3%
2,6002,8925,502
1916D
+0.0%
1,6541,6543,323
1912D
+5.6%
1,3291,1702,821
1908D
+3.2%
1,6151,5153,152
1904D
+1.1%
1,4821,4482,969
1900D
+2.1%
1,6691,6003,299
1896R
−1.2%
1,5361,5733,177
1892D
+6.3%
1,1931,0352,491
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%
Italian
2.5%
African American
3.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
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
Catholic & Orthodox
28.6%
Baptist
26.9%
Other Christian
13.0%
Methodist
2.0%
Mainline Protestant
0.7%
Pentecostal & Holiness
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 28.2% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Washington County delivered a 50-point Republican margin in 2024, reflecting the deep rural realignment that has reshaped small agricultural communities across central Kentucky over the past two decades.

The Republican margin in Washington County reached its widest at fifty points in 2024. The margin in 2024 was fifty points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Washington County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $61,616, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 12,140 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 Toole County and Kootenai County.