| The 11 | % of | Other | Other | ||||||||||
| Counties | Potential | Potential | Total | Democrat | Republican | Other | Other Minor | Party | Minor | ||||
| of N Ky | Vote | Voting | Votes | Vote | Percent | Vote | Percent | Vote | Percent | Vote | Percent | Party | |
| 1824 | 9,122 | 26.5% | 2,420 | 568 | 23.5% | - | 0.0% | 1,852 | 76.5% | - | 0.0% | National Republican | |
| 1828 | 10,808 | 65.1% | 7,039 | 3,992 | 56.7% | - | 0.0% | 3,047 | 43.3% | - | 0.0% | National Republican | |
| 1832 | 11,736 | 67.5% | 7,924 | 3,624 | 45.7% | - | 0.0% | 4,300 | 54.3% | - | 0.0% | National Republican | |
| 1836 | 11,573 | 67.9% | 7,856 | 4,038 | 51.4% | - | 0.0% | 3,818 | 48.6% | - | 0.0% | Whig | |
| 1840 | 14,731 | 71.7% | 10,555 | 4,537 | 43.0% | - | 0.0% | 6,018 | 57.0% | - | 0.0% | Whig | |
| 1844 | 18,119 | 72.5% | 13,140 | 6,680 | 50.8% | - | 0.0% | 6,460 | 49.2% | - | 0.0% | Whig | |
| 1848 | 21,508 | 69.1% | 14,860 | 7,456 | 50.2% | - | 0.0% | 7,404 | 49.8% | - | 0.0% | Whig | |
| 1852 | 24,469 | 61.4% | 15,035 | 8,367 | 55.7% | - | 0.0% | 6,649 | 44.2% | 19 | 0.1% | Whig | |
| 1856 | 26,997 | 66.7% | 18,018 | 9,782 | 54.3% | - | 0.0% | 7,360 | 40.8% | 876 | 4.9% | American | |
| 1860 | 29,526 | 70.0% | 20,682 | 8,201 | 39.7% | 615 | 3.0% | 8,299 | 40.1% | 3,567 | 17.2% | Union | Ind. Dem |
| 1864 | 28,670 | 45.7% | 13,112 | 8,004 | 61.0% | - | 0.0% | 4,472 | 34.1% | 636 | 4.9% | Union | |
| 1868 | 34,014 | 65.7% | 22,361 | 15,967 | 71.4% | 6,394 | 28.6% | - | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | ||
| 1872 | 38,619 | 58.8% | 22,703 | 14,243 | 62.7% | 8,266 | 36.4% | - | 0.0% | 194 | 0.9% | Ind. Dem | |
| 1876 | 43,073 | 73.5% | 31,676 | 21,581 | 68.1% | 9,968 | 31.5% | - | 0.0% | 127 | 0.4% | ||
| 1880 | 47,717 | 72.6% | 34,656 | 22,222 | 64.1% | 12,264 | 35.4% | - | 0.0% | 170 | 0.5% | ||
| 1884 | 50,665 | 71.9% | 36,412 | 22,029 | 60.5% | 13,832 | 38.0% | - | 0.0% | 551 | 1.5% | ||
| 1888 | 53,583 | 82.4% | 44,132 | 26,754 | 60.6% | 16,665 | 37.8% | - | 0.0% | 713 | 1.6% | ||
| 1892 | 56,602 | 74.6% | 42,239 | 25,104 | 59.4% | 14,834 | 35.1% | - | 0.0% | 2,301 | 5.4% | ||
| 1896 | 59,882 | 87.2% | 52,209 | 29,231 | 56.0% | 22,155 | 42.4% | - | 0.0% | 823 | 1.6% | ||
| 1900 | 63,056 | 84.9% | 53,531 | 31,071 | 58.0% | 21,508 | 40.2% | - | 0.0% | 952 | 1.8% | ||
| 1904 | 65,201 | 76.4% | 49,811 | 26,491 | 53.2% | 20,478 | 41.1% | - | 0.0% | 2,842 | 5.7% | ||
| 1908 | 67,345 | 81.8% | 55,100 | 31,445 | 57.1% | 21,545 | 39.1% | - | 0.0% | 2,110 | 3.8% | ||
| 1912 | 66,249 | 71.7% | 47,520 | 26,970 | 56.8% | 10,077 | 21.2% | 7,115 | 15.0% | 3,358 | 7.1% | Progressive | |
| 1916 | 67,584 | 81.4% | 55,007 | 34,812 | 63.3% | 18,727 | 34.0% | - | 0.0% | 1,468 | 2.7% | ||
| 1920 | 139,451 | 67.3% | 93,828 | 54,637 | 58.2% | 36,698 | 39.1% | - | 0.0% | 2,493 | 2.7% | Women Allowed to Vote | |
| 1924 | 147,144 | 62.3% | 91,610 | 32,758 | 35.8% | 41,838 | 45.7% | 16,566 | 18.1% | 448 | 0.5% | Progressive | |
| 1928 | 154,831 | 70.0% | 108,347 | 48,877 | 45.1% | 59,245 | 54.7% | - | 0.0% | 225 | 0.2% | ||
| 1932 | 160,356 | 64.9% | 104,133 | 68,118 | 65.4% | 34,166 | 32.8% | - | 0.0% | 1,849 | 1.8% | ||
| 1936 | 163,701 | 61.0% | 99,871 | 62,120 | 62.2% | 30,327 | 30.4% | - | 0.0% | 7,424 | 7.4% | ||
| 1940 | 166,149 | 59.2% | 98,393 | 57,773 | 58.7% | 40,349 | 41.0% | - | 0.0% | 271 | 0.3% | ||
| 1944 | 166,149 | 54.7% | 90,812 | 52,263 | 57.6% | 38,257 | 42.1% | - | 0.0% | 292 | 0.3% | ||
| 1948 | 166,149 | 51.8% | 86,100 | 53,129 | 61.7% | 31,737 | 36.9% | 829 | 1.0% | 405 | 0.5% | States Rights | |
| 1952 | - | 104,819 | 53,975 | 51.5% | 50,687 | 48.4% | 17 | 0.0% | 140 | 0.1% | |||
| 1956 | - | 101,455 | 45,603 | 44.9% | 55,278 | 54.5% | - | 0.0% | 574 | 0.6% | |||
| 1960 | - | 111,094 | 52,282 | 47.1% | 58,812 | 52.9% | - | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | |||
| 1964 | - | 102,901 | 64,307 | 62.5% | 38,403 | 37.3% | - | 0.0% | 191 | 0.2% | |||
| 1968 | - | 102,838 | 38,395 | 37.3% | 44,420 | 43.2% | 19,913 | 19.4% | 110 | 0.1% | |||
| 1972 | - | 104,879 | 33,185 | 31.6% | 69,003 | 65.8% | - | 0.0% | 2,691 | 2.6% | |||
| 1976 | - | 107,332 | 53,630 | 50.0% | 51,781 | 48.2% | - | 0.0% | 1,921 | 1.8% | |||
| 1980 | - | 117,336 | 50,121 | 42.7% | 62,115 | 52.9% | 3,309 | 2.8% | 1,791 | 1.5% | |||
| 1984 | 176,447 | 72.3% | 127,596 | 40,882 | 32.0% | 85,670 | 67.1% | - | 0.0% | 1,044 | 0.8% | ||
| 1988 | 179,324 | 68.0% | 122,004 | 43,280 | 35.5% | 78,036 | 64.0% | - | 0.0% | 688 | 0.6% | ||
| 1992 | 184,418 | 76.4% | 140,850 | 47,817 | 33.9% | 67,123 | 47.7% | 25,359 | 18.0% | 551 | 0.4% | Independent | Various |
| 1996 | 221,403 | 63.1% | 139,758 | 53,435 | 38.2% | 73,853 | 52.8% | 11,182 | 8.0% | 1,288 | 0.9% | Reform | Various |
| 2000 | 253,723 | 61.5% | 155,969 | 52,917 | 33.9% | 98,836 | 63.4% | 2,970 | 1.9% | 1,246 | 0.8% | ||
| 2004 | 292,544 | 66.1% | 193,319 | 64,012 | 33.1% | 127,633 | 66.0% | 1,004 | 0.5% | 670 | 0.3% | ||
| 2008 | 317,336 | 63.0% | 199,951 | 73,837 | 36.9% | 123,006 | 61.5% | 1,666 | 0.8% | 1,442 | 0.7% | ||
| A note on sources | |||||||||||||
| You'll note there are no election results prior to 1824. That's because Kentucky was virtually all Democratic in that period, and besides, I found no actual results. | |||||||||||||
| The bulk of this material is from a classic on the subject, Jasper B. Shannon and Ruth McQuown's Presidential Politics in Kentucky, 1824 - 1948. It's a wonderful | |||||||||||||
| source, but it stops in 1948 (it was published in 1950). Results from 1976 forward can be found on the web site: http://www.elect.ky.gov/results/, which | |||||||||||||
| is the Kentucky Secretary of State's web site. | |||||||||||||