Madisonville, KY, Kentucky: Realigner metro. In 2024, voted R+51%. Republican peak: R+54 in 2016.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+51MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- RealignerAkashic typology
- Population
- 45,1192024 5-year
- Median household income
- $56,8152024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 87.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 5.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.8%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+41 in 1932MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+54 in 2016MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Madisonville, KY, KYOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 4,916 | 15,361 | 20,537 | ||
| R | 5,439 | 15,757 | 21,512 | ||
| R | 4,310 | 15,277 | 20,345 | ||
| R | 5,789 | 13,681 | 19,767 | ||
| R | 7,104 | 11,916 | 19,348 | ||
| R | 6,420 | 12,314 | 18,843 | ||
| R | 6,734 | 9,490 | 16,489 | ||
| D | 7,239 | 6,363 | 15,190 | ||
| D | 8,881 | 6,032 | 17,531 | ||
| R | 7,453 | 7,979 | 15,505 | ||
| R | 6,743 | 9,368 | 16,166 | ||
| D | 8,810 | 6,238 | 15,355 | ||
| D | 7,749 | 5,115 | 12,990 | ||
| R | 3,129 | 7,133 | 10,388 | ||
| D | 4,391 | 3,791 | 11,869 | ||
| D | 7,954 | 3,328 | 11,297 | ||
| D | 6,436 | 5,574 | 12,010 | ||
| D | 6,535 | 5,300 | 11,917 | ||
| D | 7,157 | 4,285 | 11,469 | ||
| D | 6,149 | 2,608 | 9,366 | ||
| D | 7,352 | 3,795 | 11,174 | ||
| D | 8,695 | 3,884 | 12,609 | ||
| D | 8,193 | 3,602 | 11,837 | ||
| D | 9,158 | 3,817 | 13,088 | ||
| D | 6,640 | 6,330 | 13,000 | ||
| D | 5,864 | 5,292 | 11,854 | ||
| D | 7,829 | 6,732 | 14,836 | ||
| D | 3,757 | 3,615 | 7,505 | ||
| D | 3,147 | 1,357 | 6,502 | ||
| D | 3,721 | 3,315 | 7,231 | ||
| D | 3,125 | 2,826 | 6,226 | ||
| D | 3,321 | 3,024 | 6,506 | ||
| D | 3,470 | 2,490 | 6,052 | ||
| D | 2,014 | 1,726 | 4,380 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.7%
American
10.5%
Irish
8.4%
German
6.7%
Scottish
1.5%
French
1.0%
Polish
0.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 41.3 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$56,815
Madisonville, KY ranks near the middle of US counties.
Madisonville, KY$56,815
Kentucky$63,726
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
20.0%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1830.7%
Working age (18–64)17.1%
Seniors (65+)14.1%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
97.4%
speak English only
Spanish1.7%
Other Indo-European0.5%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 37.7% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Madisonville, KY sits in the Border South. Its political identity was forged in the union halls of the mid-twentieth century, when industrial labor and the Democratic party became, for working people, two faces of the same political fact. That identity held for 2 consecutive presidential elections.
The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Madisonville, KY peaked at forty-one points in 1964; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 2000 election delivered the metro to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of seventeen points. By 2024, the margin had widened further.
The economic and demographic context is severe. The median household income of $56,815 is among the lowest at this geographic scale; 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Madisonville, KY, Kentucky vote in 2024?
In 2024, Madisonville, KY, Kentucky voted Republican by 50.9 points (R+51), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 20,537 votes cast, 4,916 went Democratic and 15,361 went Republican.
What is Madisonville, KY, Kentucky's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Madisonville, KY, Kentucky as a "Realigner" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 24 times, Republican 10 times, and other 0 times.
When did Madisonville, KY, Kentucky last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Madisonville, KY, Kentucky voted Democratic was 1996.
How many people live in Madisonville, KY, Kentucky?
Madisonville, KY, Kentucky has a population of 45,119 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Madisonville, KY, Kentucky?
Median household income in Madisonville, KY, Kentucky is $56,815 — below the national median of $80,734. The Kentucky state median is $63,726.
What is the political history of Madisonville, KY, Kentucky?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Madisonville, KY, Kentucky from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 24 went Democratic and 10 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Realigner" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.