Donald J. Trump won Kentucky with 64.5% of the vote, ahead of Kamala D. Harris. 2,074,530 votes were counted. The party margin was a Republican lead of 30.5 points. Compared with the previous presidential election in Kentucky that is loaded, the margin moved 4.6 points toward Republicans.
Kentucky leans Republican by 29.9 points compared with the nation (our partisan lean index, based on president 2024 75% + 2020 25%).
Kentucky voted for the winner of the national popular vote in 8 of 13 presidential elections from 1976 to 2024. On average its margin sat 16.2 points away from the national margin.
In 2024, 2,074,530 votes were cast in the biggest race, which is 61.2% of the 3,387,765 citizens aged 18 and over in Kentucky.