Breathitt County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
21 precincts · 5,113 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -A103A103 | 103 | 401 | 15 | 519 | 19.8% | 77.3% | R+57.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -A102A102 | 64 | 350 | 5 | 419 | 15.3% | 83.5% | R+68.3 |
| Precinct -C101C101 | 83 | 293 | 4 | 380 | 21.8% | 77.1% | R+55.3 |
| Precinct -D103D103 | 67 | 299 | 4 | 370 | 18.1% | 80.8% | R+62.7 |
| Precinct -B103B103 | 68 | 280 | 6 | 354 | 19.2% | 79.1% | R+59.9 |
| Precinct -A104A104 | 83 | 242 | 6 | 331 | 25.1% | 73.1% | R+48.0 |
| Precinct -C103C103 | 85 | 209 | 9 | 303 | 28.1% | 69.0% | R+40.9 |
| Precinct -B104B104 | 53 | 222 | 2 | 277 | 19.1% | 80.1% | R+61.0 |
| Precinct -D102D102 | 61 | 205 | 3 | 269 | 22.7% | 76.2% | R+53.5 |
| Precinct -C104C104 | 30 | 209 | 2 | 241 | 12.4% | 86.7% | R+74.3 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 37 | 182 | 1 | 220 | 16.8% | 82.7% | R+65.9 |
| Precinct -D104D104 | 28 | 172 | 3 | 203 | 13.8% | 84.7% | R+70.9 |
| Precinct -A105A105 | 33 | 161 | 4 | 198 | 16.7% | 81.3% | R+64.6 |
| Precinct -D106D106 | 49 | 146 | 1 | 196 | 25.0% | 74.5% | R+49.5 |
| Precinct -B101B101 | 33 | 135 | 5 | 173 | 19.1% | 78.0% | R+59.0 |
| Precinct -B105B105 | 40 | 119 | 1 | 160 | 25.0% | 74.4% | R+49.4 |
| Precinct -C102C102 | 22 | 109 | 0 | 131 | 16.8% | 83.2% | R+66.4 |
| Precinct -C105C105 | 24 | 99 | 2 | 125 | 19.2% | 79.2% | R+60.0 |
| Precinct -A101A101 | 22 | 78 | 1 | 101 | 21.8% | 77.2% | R+55.4 |
| Precinct -D101D101 | 13 | 76 | 1 | 90 | 14.4% | 84.4% | R+70.0 |
| Precinct -D105D105 | 4 | 49 | 0 | 53 | 7.5% | 92.5% | R+84.9 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +26.4% |
| 1896 | +21.5% |
| 1900 | +29.7% |
| 1904 | +29.6% |
| 1908 | −1.6% |
| 1912 | +25.7% |
| 1916 | +13.1% |
| 1920 | +5.2% |
| 1924 | +24.6% |
| 1928 | +13.3% |
| 1932 | +53.4% |
| 1936 | +37.9% |
| 1940 | +42.5% |
| 1944 | +40.4% |
| 1948 | +54.8% |
| 1952 | +42.0% |
| 1956 | +14.5% |
| 1960 | +24.7% |
| 1964 | +75.1% |
| 1968 | +34.1% |
| 1972 | +18.3% |
| 1976 | +55.3% |
| 1980 | +43.1% |
| 1984 | +9.2% |
| 1988 | +22.2% |
| 1992 | +41.1% |
| 1996 | +44.7% |
| 2000 | +16.1% |
| 2004 | +13.2% |
| 2008 | −9.3% |
| 2012 | −35.1% |
| 2016 | −42.8% |
| 2020 | −52.4% |
| 2024 | −59.3% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 35.7%1,267 | 64.3%2,285 | 3,552 |
| 2020 | R | 29.4%1,652 | 66.6%3,738 | 5,613 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Breathitt County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 120-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
10,203 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
−94 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −1,685 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $41,638 in average income, against $52,179 for residents who stayed — 20% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+59.5 on average — about the same lean as Breathitt County, KY (R+59.3).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Perry County, KY34R+59.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Perry County, KY27
- Wolfe County, KY21
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 | −75 |
| 2012 | −167 |
| 2013 | −62 |
| 2014 | −127 |
| 2015 | +7 |
| 2016 | −143 |
| 2017 | −206 |
| 2018 | −142 |
| 2019 | −113 |
| 2021 | −75 |
| 2022 | −71 |
| 2023 | −336 |
| 2024 | −81 |
| 2025 | −94 |
Breathitt County, once a reliably Democratic coal-country stronghold in the Cumberland Plateau, has shifted in presidential voting since 2008, posting margins above R+50 in recent cycles as the regional realignment among working-class voters accelerated.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.1 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 59.3 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 7.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 59.3 points.
A population of 13,276, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $34,808 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Morgan County and Overton County.
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Breathitt County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21025/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.