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1876–2024
Warren County, Kentucky
Warren County·Kentucky

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

Home to WKU, yet among south-central Kentucky's more Republican counties

18762024·38 elections
Warren County, Kentucky · The original uploader was Bedford at English Wikipedia. · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+24
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
140,918
2024 ACS
Most similar
Glynn County
GA · similarity 1.00
52 precincts · 56,891 votes cast
Trump · R+24
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−24.3%
21,06534,86256,891
2020R
−16.8%
22,47931,79155,401
2016R
−24.2%
16,96628,67348,454
2012R
−21.8%
16,80526,38443,903
2008R
−18.9%
17,66925,99344,145
2004R
−27.1%
14,32625,10039,711
2000R
−24.4%
12,18020,23532,975
1996R
−14.1%
11,64215,78429,406
1992R
−10.8%
11,52914,74829,896
1988R
−26.5%
9,68416,70326,484
1984R
−34.0%
7,93716,16724,178
1980R
−11.2%
9,64312,18422,604
1976D
+1.1%
9,6579,43919,291
1972R
−35.0%
5,93412,48118,691
1968R
−16.3%
5,2008,08417,665
1964D
+25.1%
9,8875,91515,831
1960R
−9.8%
7,4579,07416,531
1956R
−6.4%
7,1438,12315,310
1952R
−1.1%
7,1067,26714,407
1948D
+25.5%
6,7683,91911,189
1944D
+20.7%
7,5284,94412,509
1940D
+28.6%
7,5694,19511,800
1936D
+30.1%
8,1134,34712,514
1932D
+32.1%
8,9324,56913,578
1928R
−21.8%
5,0927,93113,024
1924D
+10.7%
7,0055,63412,771
1920D
+12.2%
7,0105,47412,599
1916D
+16.8%
4,2283,0027,295
1912D
+31.8%
3,4471,3426,614
1908D
+12.0%
3,7422,9296,795
1904D
+11.7%
3,4842,7376,402
1900D
+8.2%
3,4552,9286,460
1896D
+12.4%
3,7162,8666,830
1892D
+15.3%
2,8672,0535,307
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
7.4%
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
19.1%
Other Christian
7.1%
Catholic & Orthodox
6.9%
Methodist
5.2%
Mainline Protestant
1.9%
Pentecostal & Holiness
1.2%
Non-Christian
0.6%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 58.0% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Warren County anchors the Bowling Green metro and houses Western Kentucky University, but its growing suburban and exurban population has pushed presidential margins decisively rightward, hitting R+24.3 in 2024.

The Republican margin in Warren County reached its widest at thirty-five points in 1972. The margin in 2024 was twenty-four points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Warren County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $65,794, a 76% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 140,918 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 Glynn County and Otero County.