Ballard County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
5 precincts · 4,088 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -A001A001 | 166 | 754 | 7 | 927 | 17.9% | 81.3% | R+63.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -C003C003 | 134 | 717 | 12 | 863 | 15.5% | 83.1% | R+67.6 |
| Precinct -D004D004 | 160 | 661 | 12 | 833 | 19.2% | 79.4% | R+60.1 |
| Precinct -E005E005 | 87 | 634 | 12 | 733 | 11.9% | 86.5% | R+74.6 |
| Precinct -B002B002 | 150 | 565 | 17 | 732 | 20.5% | 77.2% | R+56.7 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +44.5% |
| 1896 | +53.2% |
| 1900 | +46.8% |
| 1904 | +46.3% |
| 1908 | +48.2% |
| 1912 | +44.7% |
| 1916 | +51.0% |
| 1920 | +55.2% |
| 1924 | +59.0% |
| 1928 | +51.0% |
| 1932 | +74.5% |
| 1936 | +63.9% |
| 1940 | +61.8% |
| 1944 | +63.2% |
| 1948 | +70.4% |
| 1952 | +54.7% |
| 1956 | +57.2% |
| 1960 | +42.0% |
| 1964 | +68.9% |
| 1968 | +31.0% |
| 1972 | −4.2% |
| 1976 | +58.1% |
| 1980 | +36.4% |
| 1984 | +9.2% |
| 1988 | +19.3% |
| 1992 | +29.9% |
| 1996 | +31.8% |
| 2000 | +1.5% |
| 2004 | −15.1% |
| 2008 | −27.3% |
| 2012 | −37.4% |
| 2016 | −57.2% |
| 2020 | −59.9% |
| 2024 | −64.4% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 20.4%639 | 79.6%2,488 | 3,127 |
| 2020 | R | 22.1%936 | 74.6%3,155 | 4,227 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Ballard County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 73-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
6,308 registered voters · 2024
Who moves in and out
Net migration over time, and who arrivals are — where they came from and what those places vote
+24 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −46 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $40,650 in average income, against $67,213 for residents who stayed — 40% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+34.9 on average — 30 points more Democratic-leaning than Ballard County, KY itself (R+64.4).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- McCracken County, KY94R+34.9
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- McCracken County, KY90
Migration is one input to a place’s political change, not its cause — a shift can also come from residents changing their minds, generational turnover, or turnout. These figures describe the places people moved between; they do not measure how any mover voted.
| Year | Net domestic migration |
|---|---|
| 2011 | +13 |
| 2012 | +35 |
| 2013 | −5 |
| 2014 | −44 |
| 2015 | +56 |
| 2016 | −149 |
| 2017 | +7 |
| 2018 | −3 |
| 2019 | −82 |
| 2021 | +14 |
| 2022 | +33 |
| 2023 | +12 |
| 2024 | +43 |
| 2025 | +24 |
Ballard County sits in Kentucky's far-western Jackson Purchase, a tobacco and soybean farming community whose presidential margins have shifted rightward over the past two decades, reaching R+64.4 in 2024.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 74.5 points in 1932 and a Republican high of 64.4 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 64.4 points.
A population of 7,654, a 91% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $66,164 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Marshall County and Hickman County.
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Ballard County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21007/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.