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1876–2024
Taylor County, Kentucky
Taylor County·Kentucky

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

One of Kentucky's most reliably Republican rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Taylor County, Kentucky · Nyttend · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+57
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
26,397
2024 ACS
Most similar
Allen County
KY · similarity 1.00
20 precincts · 12,261 votes cast
Trump · R+57
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−56.7%
2,5769,52312,261
2020R
−51.2%
2,9639,37612,517
2016R
−51.0%
2,5538,32011,306
2012R
−39.0%
3,2857,55110,950
2008R
−40.5%
3,1657,56810,860
2004R
−41.5%
2,9797,24710,295
2000R
−37.1%
2,7906,1519,051
1996R
−20.1%
2,8974,5738,335
1992R
−9.0%
3,5184,3198,920
1988R
−30.0%
2,8795,3628,280
1984R
−28.6%
3,2865,9329,245
1980R
−10.9%
3,4004,2437,768
1976D
+1.7%
3,4563,3376,866
1972R
−36.6%
1,8594,0355,952
1968R
−27.9%
1,3673,0325,959
1964D
+8.5%
3,0822,5945,709
1960R
−36.2%
2,1864,6696,855
1956R
−23.0%
2,4333,8926,342
1952R
−12.3%
2,4393,1265,592
1948D
+7.2%
2,4152,0874,581
1944R
−2.9%
2,4752,6225,136
1940R
−0.0%
2,7902,7925,606
1936R
−0.1%
2,7322,7385,490
1932D
+4.2%
2,8232,5925,454
1928R
−30.3%
1,6843,1494,841
1924R
−4.9%
2,0522,2674,352
1920R
−2.3%
2,3802,4934,898
1916D
+1.0%
1,3601,3322,716
1912D
+27.5%
1,1504682,481
1908D
+3.0%
1,2941,2182,573
1904D
+2.4%
1,1471,0922,327
1900D
+6.3%
1,2861,1312,466
1896D
+5.1%
1,1661,0502,253
1892D
+1.4%
6536301,635
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
3.7%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
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
32.5%
Other Christian
20.0%
Methodist
8.4%
Catholic & Orthodox
3.5%
Mainline Protestant
1.8%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.3%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 32.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Taylor County, anchored by the small city of Campbellsville, has shifted steadily rightward over the past two decades; its 56-point Republican margin in 2024 reflects a broader realignment among rural, working-class communities across western Appalachia.

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

Taylor County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $60,456, a 88% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 26,397 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 Allen County and Chase County.