Franklin County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
22 precincts · 25,763 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -C102C102 | 1,880 | 1,784 | 76 | 3,740 | 50.3% | 47.7% | D+2.6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -F101F101 | 1,051 | 1,975 | 62 | 3,088 | 34.0% | 64.0% | R+29.9 |
| Precinct -A102A102 | 1,135 | 1,373 | 65 | 2,573 | 44.1% | 53.4% | R+9.2 |
| Precinct -E102E102 | 1,008 | 1,059 | 41 | 2,108 | 47.8% | 50.2% | R+2.4 |
| Precinct -B104B104 | 880 | 935 | 40 | 1,855 | 47.4% | 50.4% | R+3.0 |
| Precinct -D103D103 | 463 | 903 | 27 | 1,393 | 33.2% | 64.8% | R+31.6 |
| Precinct -E101E101 | 552 | 722 | 31 | 1,305 | 42.3% | 55.3% | R+13.0 |
| Precinct -B103B103 | 664 | 616 | 20 | 1,300 | 51.1% | 47.4% | D+3.7 |
| Precinct -A103A103 | 905 | 314 | 22 | 1,241 | 72.9% | 25.3% | D+47.6 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 486 | 496 | 22 | 1,004 | 48.4% | 49.4% | R+1.0 |
| Precinct -D105D105 | 450 | 422 | 21 | 893 | 50.4% | 47.3% | D+3.1 |
| Precinct -D101D101 | 247 | 500 | 9 | 756 | 32.7% | 66.1% | R+33.5 |
| Precinct -A101A101 | 243 | 452 | 15 | 710 | 34.2% | 63.7% | R+29.4 |
| Precinct -F103F103 | 423 | 189 | 10 | 622 | 68.0% | 30.4% | D+37.6 |
| Precinct -B101B101 | 270 | 323 | 16 | 609 | 44.3% | 53.0% | R+8.7 |
| Precinct -E103E103 | 295 | 278 | 13 | 586 | 50.3% | 47.4% | D+2.9 |
| Precinct -F102F102 | 334 | 192 | 7 | 533 | 62.7% | 36.0% | D+26.6 |
| Precinct -C104C104 | 197 | 260 | 5 | 462 | 42.6% | 56.3% | R+13.6 |
| Precinct -D104D104 | 190 | 225 | 4 | 419 | 45.3% | 53.7% | R+8.4 |
| Precinct -D102D102 | 129 | 106 | 6 | 241 | 53.5% | 44.0% | D+9.5 |
| Precinct -C103C103 | 81 | 79 | 6 | 166 | 48.8% | 47.6% | D+1.2 |
| Precinct -C101C101 | 113 | 43 | 3 | 159 | 71.1% | 27.0% | D+44.0 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +26.1% |
| 1896 | +6.1% |
| 1900 | +22.4% |
| 1904 | +33.6% |
| 1908 | +32.6% |
| 1912 | +50.1% |
| 1916 | +40.0% |
| 1920 | +36.8% |
| 1924 | +24.3% |
| 1928 | +5.0% |
| 1932 | +51.1% |
| 1936 | +51.0% |
| 1940 | +56.5% |
| 1944 | +51.0% |
| 1948 | +53.5% |
| 1952 | +40.5% |
| 1956 | +22.4% |
| 1960 | +19.6% |
| 1964 | +62.5% |
| 1968 | +17.8% |
| 1972 | −15.9% |
| 1976 | +30.0% |
| 1980 | +25.6% |
| 1984 | −17.2% |
| 1988 | −2.8% |
| 1992 | +11.0% |
| 1996 | +20.2% |
| 2000 | +3.0% |
| 2004 | −2.7% |
| 2008 | −0.6% |
| 2012 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | −4.6% |
| 2020 | −1.0% |
| 2024 | −4.9% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | D | 52.5%10,589 | 47.5%9,570 | 20,162 |
| 2020 | D | 50.1%13,089 | 45.9%11,990 | 26,113 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Franklin County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 30-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
41,636 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
+349 net domestic migration · 2025
Net +2,156 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $47,543 in average income, against $71,938 for residents who stayed — 34% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+16.7 on average — 12 points more Republican-leaning than Franklin County, KY itself (R+4.9).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Fayette County, KY214D+18.1
- Scott County, KY146R+27.7
- Anderson County, KY144R+49.1
- Jefferson County, KY100D+16.5
- Shelby County, KY85R+34.7
- Woodford County, KY83R+14.3
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Fayette County, KY194
- Anderson County, KY121
- Scott County, KY100
- Jefferson County, KY93
- Shelby County, KY66
- Woodford County, KY61
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 | −99 |
| 2012 | +21 |
| 2013 | −115 |
| 2014 | +118 |
| 2015 | +229 |
| 2016 | +135 |
| 2017 | +124 |
| 2018 | +215 |
| 2019 | +97 |
| 2021 | +294 |
| 2022 | +156 |
| 2023 | +60 |
| 2024 | +572 |
| 2025 | +349 |
Franklin County seats Kentucky's government in Frankfort, and its mix of state employees, a historically Black university, and surrounding rural precincts has kept presidential margins tighter here than in most of the Bluegrass region.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 62.5 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 17.2 points in 1984. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 3.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 4.9 points.
A population of 51,842, a 81% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $65,298 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Jackson County and Whatcom County.
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Franklin County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21073/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.