Donald Trump carried Kentucky R+29.8.

Hillary Clinton (D) vs Donald Trump (R) in Kentucky, 2016. The state ran 31.9 points more Republican than the nation (D+2.1 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2016 ballot here.

Nominees: Hillary Clinton (D) · Donald Trump (R)

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Kentucky result

1,924,150 votes counted

Clinton (D)

628,854

32.7%

Trump (R)

1,202,971

62.5%

All others

92,325

4.8%

Margin

R+29.8

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2016 presidential election

Kentucky, 2016

TrumpR+29.8

How it voted

Share of the 2016 vote

Donald Trump ✓Republican	62.5%	1,202,971
Hillary ClintonDemocratic	32.7%	628,854
Gary JohnsonLibertarian	4.8%	92,325

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 2016 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2016 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 2016

120 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−64.5%	1,323	6,637	8,233
Allen County	R	−63.2%	1,349	6,466	8,096
Anderson County	R	−49.1%	2,634	8,242	11,422
Ballard County	R	−57.2%	816	3,161	4,101
Barren County	R	−49.8%	4,275	13,483	18,488
Bath County	R	−37.5%	1,361	3,082	4,587
Bell County	R	−62.2%	1,720	7,764	9,718
Boone County	R	−41.8%	15,026	39,082	57,618
Bourbon County	R	−31.6%	2,791	5,569	8,803
Boyd County	R	−37.0%	6,021	13,591	20,454
Boyle County	R	−29.0%	4,281	8,040	12,946
Bracken County	R	−56.9%	705	2,711	3,527
Breathitt County	R	−42.8%	1,537	3,991	5,738
Breckinridge County	R	−51.6%	1,960	6,484	8,774
Bullitt County	R	−49.8%	8,255	26,210	36,069
Butler County	R	−62.4%	947	4,428	5,576
Caldwell County	R	−54.3%	1,260	4,507	5,975
Calloway County	R	−35.0%	4,749	10,367	16,049
Campbell County	R	−24.4%	14,658	25,050	42,510
Carlisle County	R	−63.9%	432	2,094	2,601
Carroll County	R	−38.4%	1,106	2,588	3,855
Carter County	R	−51.7%	2,276	7,587	10,278
Casey County	R	−73.2%	767	5,482	6,439
Christian County	R	−31.3%	7,188	14,108	22,083
Clark County	R	−37.1%	4,706	10,710	16,205
Clay County	R	−75.5%	752	5,861	6,767
Clinton County	R	−73.1%	547	3,809	4,462
Crittenden County	R	−66.2%	617	3,290	4,037
Cumberland County	R	−66.6%	459	2,502	3,066
Daviess County	R	−32.2%	14,163	28,907	45,807
Edmonson County	R	−60.2%	979	4,135	5,244
Elliott County	R	−44.1%	740	2,000	2,855
Estill County	R	−56.4%	1,108	4,236	5,545
Fayette County	D	+9.5%	69,778	56,894	136,315
Fleming County	R	−53.9%	1,348	4,722	6,260
Floyd County	R	−48.2%	4,015	11,993	16,540
Franklin County	R	−4.6%	10,717	11,819	23,865
Fulton County	R	−32.5%	774	1,549	2,382
Gallatin County	R	−50.7%	749	2,443	3,338
Garrard County	R	−58.4%	1,453	5,904	7,623
Grant County	R	−56.1%	1,910	7,268	9,559
Graves County	R	−56.4%	3,308	12,671	16,606
Grayson County	R	−59.2%	1,959	8,219	10,576
Green County	R	−66.4%	832	4,372	5,333
Greenup County	R	−45.5%	4,146	11,546	16,277
Hancock County	R	−35.9%	1,244	2,788	4,295
Hardin County	R	−30.2%	13,944	26,971	43,156
Harlan County	R	−72.1%	1,372	9,129	10,757
Harrison County	R	−43.7%	2,031	5,435	7,781
Hart County	R	−49.4%	1,730	5,320	7,264
Henderson County	R	−27.7%	6,707	12,159	19,710
Henry County	R	−43.6%	1,828	4,944	7,149
Hickman County	R	−56.0%	449	1,657	2,157
Hopkins County	R	−53.9%	4,310	15,277	20,345
Jackson County	R	−80.1%	482	4,889	5,501
Jefferson County	D	+13.3%	190,836	143,768	353,100
Jessamine County	R	−40.0%	6,144	15,474	23,326
Johnson County	R	−71.0%	1,250	8,043	9,572
Kenton County	R	−26.0%	24,214	42,958	71,998
Knott County	R	−54.0%	1,245	4,357	5,763
Knox County	R	−67.6%	1,761	9,885	12,012
Larue County	R	−55.3%	1,278	4,799	6,367
Laurel County	R	−69.1%	3,440	20,592	24,833
Lawrence County	R	−62.4%	1,045	4,816	6,042
Lee County	R	−64.0%	444	2,151	2,667
Leslie County	R	−80.5%	400	4,015	4,492
Letcher County	R	−63.0%	1,542	7,293	9,134
Lewis County	R	−67.5%	785	4,363	5,298
Lincoln County	R	−57.2%	1,865	7,338	9,561
Livingston County	R	−57.8%	887	3,570	4,645
Logan County	R	−46.1%	2,755	7,778	10,899
Lyon County	R	−44.0%	1,045	2,789	3,962
Madison County	R	−31.1%	11,793	23,431	37,371
Magoffin County	R	−51.8%	1,172	3,824	5,116
Marion County	R	−30.1%	2,679	5,122	8,111
Marshall County	R	−51.8%	3,672	12,322	16,698
Martin County	R	−79.4%	363	3,503	3,953
Mason County	R	−41.2%	1,970	4,944	7,219
McCracken County	R	−37.2%	9,134	20,774	31,307
McCreary County	R	−75.3%	664	5,012	5,776
McLean County	R	−52.4%	988	3,381	4,566
Meade County	R	−46.1%	3,026	8,660	12,231
Menifee County	R	−47.1%	700	2,010	2,779
Mercer County	R	−50.5%	2,395	7,740	10,585
Metcalfe County	R	−54.4%	976	3,491	4,620
Monroe County	R	−73.7%	601	4,278	4,991
Montgomery County	R	−41.0%	3,158	7,856	11,452
Morgan County	R	−54.9%	1,006	3,628	4,775
Muhlenberg County	R	−46.9%	3,272	9,393	13,060
Nelson County	R	−33.6%	6,434	13,431	20,802
Nicholas County	R	−41.2%	787	1,957	2,841
Ohio County	R	−56.4%	2,080	7,942	10,398
Oldham County	R	−31.1%	10,268	20,469	32,853
Owen County	R	−53.6%	1,062	3,745	5,001
Owsley County	R	−69.2%	256	1,474	1,759
Pendleton County	R	−57.3%	1,164	4,604	6,007
Perry County	R	−57.0%	2,136	8,158	10,572
Pike County	R	−62.7%	4,280	19,747	24,665
Powell County	R	−45.2%	1,272	3,513	4,957
Pulaski County	R	−66.7%	4,208	22,902	28,041
Robertson County	R	−53.0%	222	759	1,013
Rockcastle County	R	−70.2%	915	5,609	6,691
Rowan County	R	−21.2%	3,295	5,174	8,848
Russell County	R	−70.6%	1,093	6,863	8,174
Scott County	R	−30.3%	7,715	15,052	24,200
Shelby County	R	−33.6%	6,276	13,196	20,580
Simpson County	R	−38.9%	2,144	5,077	7,531
Spencer County	R	−55.4%	1,921	7,196	9,515
Taylor County	R	−51.0%	2,553	8,320	11,306
Todd County	R	−53.8%	1,042	3,612	4,779
Trigg County	R	−49.5%	1,587	4,931	6,751
Trimble County	R	−49.8%	879	2,771	3,798
Union County	R	−54.3%	1,331	4,701	6,211
Warren County	R	−24.2%	16,966	28,673	48,454
Washington County	R	−46.0%	1,420	4,013	5,636
Wayne County	R	−61.8%	1,431	6,371	7,992
Webster County	R	−54.4%	1,240	4,397	5,805
Whitley County	R	−67.1%	2,067	11,312	13,774
Wolfe County	R	−39.9%	753	1,804	2,635
Woodford County	R	−20.2%	4,958	7,697	13,563