Mason County, Kentucky
Precinct data
Results by precinct
14 precincts · 7,901 votes
Precinct boundaries and identifiers are cycle-specific. This table does not join rows across years without a validated crosswalk.
| Precinct -C102C102 | 318 | 643 | 12 | 973 | 32.7% | 66.1% | R+33.4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precinct -B108B108 | 296 | 639 | 16 | 951 | 31.1% | 67.2% | R+36.1 |
| Precinct -B107B107 | 216 | 617 | 13 | 846 | 25.5% | 72.9% | R+47.4 |
| Precinct -B106B106 | 143 | 623 | 4 | 770 | 18.6% | 80.9% | R+62.3 |
| Precinct -C105C105 | 103 | 536 | 14 | 653 | 15.8% | 82.1% | R+66.3 |
| Precinct -A103A103 | 263 | 334 | 15 | 612 | 43.0% | 54.6% | R+11.6 |
| Precinct -C103C103 | 110 | 414 | 6 | 530 | 20.8% | 78.1% | R+57.4 |
| Precinct -A105A105 | 123 | 349 | 6 | 478 | 25.7% | 73.0% | R+47.3 |
| Precinct -A104A104 | 172 | 265 | 5 | 442 | 38.9% | 60.0% | R+21.0 |
| Precinct -B104B104 | 65 | 363 | 2 | 430 | 15.1% | 84.4% | R+69.3 |
| Precinct -C104C104 | 83 | 325 | 6 | 414 | 20.0% | 78.5% | R+58.5 |
| Precinct -A101A101 | 217 | 171 | 5 | 393 | 55.2% | 43.5% | D+11.7 |
| Precinct -B102B102 | 40 | 164 | 3 | 207 | 19.3% | 79.2% | R+59.9 |
| Precinct -A106A106 | 21 | 178 | 3 | 202 | 10.4% | 88.1% | R+77.7 |
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +12.5% |
| 1896 | +2.3% |
| 1900 | +9.1% |
| 1904 | +15.3% |
| 1908 | +11.0% |
| 1912 | +19.9% |
| 1916 | +13.9% |
| 1920 | +11.2% |
| 1924 | +1.7% |
| 1928 | −19.7% |
| 1932 | +22.2% |
| 1936 | +14.9% |
| 1940 | +8.4% |
| 1944 | +7.8% |
| 1948 | +17.7% |
| 1952 | +0.1% |
| 1956 | −4.1% |
| 1960 | −15.8% |
| 1964 | +29.7% |
| 1968 | +1.7% |
| 1972 | −17.7% |
| 1976 | +14.5% |
| 1980 | +4.1% |
| 1984 | −16.9% |
| 1988 | −7.4% |
| 1992 | +3.7% |
| 1996 | −2.6% |
| 2000 | −23.7% |
| 2004 | −24.5% |
| 2008 | −17.0% |
| 2012 | −23.3% |
| 2016 | −41.2% |
| 2020 | −39.1% |
| 2024 | −43.7% |
U.S. Senate
| Year | Won | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | R | 33.2%1,927 | 66.8%3,879 | 5,806 |
| 2020 | R | 32.8%2,601 | 63.0%4,999 | 7,929 |
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Mason County, KY registers Democratic but votes Republican — a 45-point gap between how voters register and how they vote, the signature of ancestral registration that trails realignment.
13,468 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
+70 net domestic migration · 2025
Net −439 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Arrivals reported $44,148 in average income, against $65,936 for residents who stayed — 33% lower. (IRS SOI, 2022–23)
The places arrivals came from lean R+65.2 on average — 22 points more Republican-leaning than Mason County, KY itself (R+43.7).
Where arrivals came from lean of each source
- Fleming County, KY61R+60.6
- Bracken County, KY47R+64.9
- Lewis County, KY38R+75.7
- Brown County, OH29R+61.5
Where departures went households, 2022–23
- Fleming County, KY57
- Lewis County, KY46
- Brown County, OH33
- Bracken County, KY30
- Fayette County, KY22
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 | +34 |
| 2012 | −106 |
| 2013 | −153 |
| 2014 | −181 |
| 2015 | −39 |
| 2016 | +98 |
| 2017 | +7 |
| 2018 | −120 |
| 2019 | −37 |
| 2021 | −141 |
| 2022 | +25 |
| 2023 | +19 |
| 2024 | +85 |
| 2025 | +70 |
Mason County's Ohio River corridor once split competitive in federal races but recorded an R+43.7 margin in 2024, reflecting the broader rural realignment that has reshaped working-class Kentucky over the past generation.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.7 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 43.7 points in 2024. Between 2020 and 2024 the county moved 4.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.7 points.
A population of 16,956, a 87% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $52,178 describe the county. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Breckinridge County and Harrison County.
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Mason County, Kentucky. Akashic. https://akashic.app/county/21161/. Accessed May 20, 2026. License: CC BY 4.0.