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State record · KY

Kentucky

8 electoral votes in 2024120 counties on record

The Margin, Cycle by Cycle

Two-party margin from county-summed returns · split EV counts annotated from 1976
D+20R+20D+40R+40D+60R+601868: D+49.4 two-party · 155,003 votes18681872: D+6.1 two-party · 190,529 votes1876: D+24.3 two-party · 260,626 votes1880: D+16.6 two-party · 267,104 votes1884: D+12.6 two-party · 276,481 votes1888: D+8.5 two-party · 344,868 votes18881892: D+12.9 two-party · 340,864 votes1896: R+0.1 two-party · 445,928 votes1900: D+1.7 two-party · 468,265 votes1904: D+2.8 two-party · 435,946 votes1908: D+1.7 two-party · 490,719 votes19081912: D+31.0 two-party · 452,714 votes1916: D+5.5 two-party · 520,078 votes1920: D+0.6 two-party · 918,805 votes1924: R+2.7 two-party · 813,859 votes1928: R+18.8 two-party · 940,631 votes19281932: D+19.1 two-party · 983,086 votes1936: D+18.9 two-party · 926,299 votes1940: D+15.2 two-party · 970,223 votes1944: D+9.3 two-party · 867,912 votes1948: D+15.5 two-party · 822,658 votes19481952: D+0.1 two-party · 993,148 votes1956: R+9.1 two-party · 1,053,805 votes1960: R+7.2 two-party · 1,124,462 votes1964: D+28.5 two-party · 1,046,105 votes1968: R+7.5 two-party · 1,055,892 votes19681972: R+29.1 two-party · 1,067,499 votes1976: D+7.3 two-party · 1,167,142 votes · 9 EV1980: R+1.4 two-party · 1,295,627 votes · 9 EV1984: R+20.7 two-party · 1,369,345 votes · 9 EV1988: R+11.7 two-party · 1,322,517 votes · 9 EV19881992: D+3.7 two-party · 1,492,900 votes · 8 EV1996: D+1.1 two-party · 1,388,708 votes · 8 EV2000: R+15.5 two-party · 1,544,106 votes · 8 EV2004: R+20.0 two-party · 1,795,882 votes · 8 EV2008: R+16.5 two-party · 1,826,620 votes · 8 EV20082012: R+23.1 two-party · 1,797,212 votes · 8 EV2016: R+31.3 two-party · 1,924,149 votes · 8 EV2020: R+26.4 two-party · 2,136,768 votes · 8 EV2024: R+31.0 two-party · 2,074,530 votes · 8 EV2024

Bars clip at ±70 two-party points. Click a bar to open that election. Per-state electoral-vote detail is staged from 1976; the dot rows mark cycles with no returns (e.g. unreconstructed Southern states, 1868–72).

Every County, the Long Way

Two-party Democratic share, 1868–2024 · dashed line = 50%
AdairR+71.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AllenR+67.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
AndersonR+49.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BallardR+65.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BarrenR+53.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BathR+51.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BellR+69.3
38 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BooneR+37.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BourbonR+34.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BoydR+39.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BoyleR+29.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BrackenR+65.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BreathittR+60.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BreckinridgeR+58.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
BullittR+51.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ButlerR+67.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CaldwellR+58.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CallowayR+38.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CampbellR+20.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CarlisleR+68.5
35 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CarrollR+51.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CarterR+59.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CaseyR+77.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ChristianR+34.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClarkR+35.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClayR+81.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ClintonR+77.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CrittendenR+69.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
CumberlandR+71.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
DaviessR+32.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
EdmonsonR+63.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ElliottR+62.9
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
EstillR+64.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FayetteD+18.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
FlemingR+61.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FloydR+60.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FranklinR+5.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
FultonR+40.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GallatinR+60.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GarrardR+61.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GrantR+65.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GravesR+62.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GraysonR+62.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GreenR+73.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
GreenupR+51.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HancockR+48.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HardinR+29.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HarlanR+76.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HarrisonR+49.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HartR+60.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HendersonR+29.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HenryR+53.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HickmanR+61.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
HopkinsR+51.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JacksonR+82.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JeffersonD+16.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Democratic
JessamineR+36.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
JohnsonR+71.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
KentonR+22.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
KnottR+60.1
36 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
KnoxR+72.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LarueR+61.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LaurelR+70.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LawrenceR+67.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LeeR+69.2
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LeslieR+82.2
37 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LetcherR+64.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LewisR+76.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LincolnR+61.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LivingstonR+63.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LoganR+55.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
LyonR+54.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MadisonR+31.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MagoffinR+65.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MarionR+44.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MarshallR+57.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MartinR+84.2
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MasonR+44.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McCrackenR+35.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McCrearyR+79.2
29 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
McLeanR+56.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MeadeR+52.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MenifeeR+58.8
39 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MercerR+51.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MetcalfeR+65.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MonroeR+78.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MontgomeryR+47.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MorganR+64.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
MuhlenbergR+55.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
NelsonR+42.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
NicholasR+49.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OhioR+61.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OldhamR+23.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OwenR+63.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
OwsleyR+77.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PendletonR+64.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PerryR+60.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PikeR+66.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PowellR+55.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
PulaskiR+65.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RobertsonR+61.9
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RockcastleR+74.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RowanR+28.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
RussellR+72.8
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ScottR+28.2
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ShelbyR+35.3
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SimpsonR+44.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
SpencerR+57.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TaylorR+57.4
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
ToddR+58.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TriggR+53.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
TrimbleR+56.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
UnionR+59.1
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WarrenR+24.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WashingtonR+51.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WayneR+66.6
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WebsterR+58.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WhitleyR+70.0
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WolfeR+51.7
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican
WoodfordR+14.5
all 40 elections · latest 2024 · Republican