Carlisle County, Kentucky

2024 results by precinct

6 precincts · 2,610 votes cast

Trump · R+68

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	R	−68.0%	408	2,182	2,610
2020	R	−64.3%	463	2,159	2,638
2016	R	−63.9%	432	2,094	2,601
2012	R	−41.4%	750	1,835	2,619
2008	R	−31.3%	879	1,699	2,617
2004	R	−22.2%	1,102	1,734	2,845
2000	R	−9.9%	1,149	1,405	2,593
1996	D	+22.2%	1,355	816	2,427
1992	D	+21.2%	1,383	844	2,545
1988	D	+12.6%	1,428	1,104	2,564
1984	R	−1.2%	1,277	1,308	2,608
1980	D	+22.3%	1,542	975	2,545
1976	D	+63.1%	1,985	435	2,456
1972	R	−14.2%	872	1,169	2,097
1968	D	+27.3%	1,144	479	2,438
1964	D	+69.2%	1,565	282	1,853
1960	D	+28.8%	1,770	978	2,748
1956	D	+54.4%	2,063	608	2,676
1952	D	+48.0%	1,867	656	2,524
1948	D	+73.7%	1,899	279	2,199
1944	D	+60.4%	2,057	505	2,568
1940	D	+64.8%	2,366	500	2,878
1936	D	+66.5%	2,150	420	2,600
1932	D	+74.9%	2,840	402	3,253
1928	D	+43.4%	1,994	787	2,783
1924	D	+64.6%	2,250	467	2,758
1920	D	+58.1%	2,688	688	3,442
1916	D	+52.7%	1,646	494	2,185
1912	D	+55.5%	1,409	331	1,942
1908	D	+52.3%	1,625	482	2,184
1904	D	+47.3%	1,428	468	2,031
1900	D	+48.6%	1,587	533	2,168
1896	D	+59.1%	1,624	390	2,088
1892	D	+41.5%	811	223	1,418
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%

African American

1.2%

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.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 43.8 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.8%

85+

2.3%

2.9%

75–84

2.8%

5.6%

65–74

5.7%

6.9%

55–64

6.5%

7.3%

45–54

6.2%

5.4%

35–44

5.4%

5.6%

25–34

5.5%

3.9%

18–24

3.8%

9.5%

5–17

8.0%

3.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$62,439

Carlisle County ranks near the middle of US counties.

Carlisle County$62,439

Kentucky$63,726

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

15.1%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

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

Baptist

41.0%

Other Christian

15.0%

Methodist

5.7%

Catholic & Orthodox

3.4%

Mainline Protestant

0.4%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 34.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Carlisle County's 2024 presidential margin of R+68 points reflects a deep-rural western Kentucky electorate where a few hundred votes can produce some of the widest partisan spreads in the state.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Carlisle County peaked at seventy-five points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of ten points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Carlisle County's median household income of $62,439 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Johnston County and Marshall County.

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For one hundred four years, Carlisle County voted Democratic. Then it stopped.