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1876–2024
Garrard County, Kentucky
Garrard County·Kentucky

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

One of Kentucky's most lopsided presidential counties in 2024

18762024·38 elections
Garrard County, Kentucky · W.marsh · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+60
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
17,568
2024 ACS
Most similar
Chautauqua County
KS · similarity 1.00
14 precincts · 8,917 votes cast
Trump · R+60
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−60.2%
1,7197,0868,917
2020R
−56.6%
1,8306,7548,706
2016R
−58.4%
1,4535,9047,623
2012R
−51.6%
1,6615,3107,077
2008R
−43.1%
2,0125,1187,210
2004R
−44.2%
1,8414,7846,658
2000R
−40.0%
1,7134,0435,823
1996R
−24.1%
1,4862,5404,371
1992R
−13.1%
1,7302,3594,797
1988R
−21.8%
1,7102,6814,455
1984R
−35.2%
1,5663,2844,886
1980R
−18.1%
1,7742,5854,480
1976R
−4.0%
1,8872,0453,988
1972R
−36.5%
1,4413,1434,657
1968R
−30.7%
1,0002,2053,927
1964D
+6.7%
2,0921,8283,935
1960R
−21.6%
1,7802,7594,539
1956R
−12.4%
1,7982,3114,133
1952R
−10.9%
1,9272,3984,331
1948R
−4.5%
1,7251,8903,656
1944R
−7.3%
1,7642,0423,820
1940D
+0.3%
2,1622,1484,318
1936D
+0.5%
2,2762,2524,535
1932D
+6.3%
2,5822,2764,859
1928R
−24.7%
1,7292,8624,591
1924R
−9.8%
2,1262,5924,745
1920R
−10.2%
2,4342,9945,469
1916R
−8.4%
1,3751,6283,027
1912D
+27.1%
1,2324812,775
1908R
−11.0%
1,2591,5782,894
1904R
−6.7%
1,1761,3512,595
1900R
−9.5%
1,3121,5922,943
1896R
−14.8%
1,1711,5952,868
1892R
−1.2%
1,1261,1552,338
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
1.9%
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
Baptist
34.9%
Other Christian
5.4%
Pentecostal & Holiness
4.7%
Methodist
3.8%
Mainline Protestant
1.0%
Catholic & Orthodox
0.5%
Non-Christian
0.1%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Garrard County, a rural Bluegrass region county of under 15,000 residents, delivered a 60-point Republican presidential margin in 2024, reflecting the broader realignment of small, non-metropolitan Kentucky counties over the past two decades.

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

Garrard County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $63,087, a 92% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 17,568 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 Chautauqua County and Elk County.