Kentucky 1948 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Kentucky 1948 presidential election with 466,756 votes (56.7%), a margin of D+15.3. Kentucky's 8 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

56.7%

41.5%

466,756

Democratic Candidate (56.7%)

341,210

Republican Candidate (41.5%)

Total Votes: 822,658|Margin: D+15.3

County Results

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County Results (120 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Trimble County	D+78.9	D+27.3	R+12.1	1,968	D+4.1%
Calloway County	D+74.4	D+19.3	R+12.3	5,668	D+11.9%
Carlisle County	D+73.7	D+22.3	R+1.2	2,199	D+13.2%
Knott County	D+72.1	D+53.8	D+44.2	5,414	D+6.5%
Owen County	D+71.2	D+41.2	R+4.9	3,583	D+4.6%
Hickman County	D+70.9	D+11.7	R+13.6	2,564	D+16.4%
Graves County	D+70.5	D+3.2	R+3.7	10,276	D+13.0%
Ballard County	D+70.4	D+36.4	D+9.2	3,195	D+7.1%
Elliott County	D+67.1	D+49.8	D+47.2	2,512	D+13.1%
Fulton County	D+65.8	D+15.6	R+7.4	3,110	D+2.1%
Union County	D+65.0	D+30.0	D+10.0	4,406	D+7.4%
Marshall County	D+60.7	D+17.0	D+5.2	3,673	D+22.6%
Gallatin County	D+60.0	D+17.8	Even	1,731	D+15.3%
Carroll County	D+59.4	D+31.6	R+7.6	3,345	D+3.8%
Morgan County	D+55.7	D+29.7	D+14.9	4,487	D+10.4%
Simpson County	D+55.0	D+14.4	R+17.8	3,619	D+8.0%
Breathitt County	D+54.8	D+43.1	D+9.2	4,264	D+14.4%
Todd County	D+53.9	D+0.3	R+20.1	3,900	D+16.7%
McCracken County	D+53.8	D+12.7	R+1.4	14,754	D+9.7%
Franklin County	D+53.5	D+25.6	R+17.2	8,822	D+2.5%
Logan County	D+51.2	D+11.5	R+18.6	5,865	D+11.7%
Webster County	D+49.4	D+28.3	D+9.6	4,459	D+20.8%
Trigg County	D+49.3	D+15.3	R+13.7	3,383	D+18.8%
Henry County	D+47.5	D+26.5	R+10.2	4,640	D+7.0%
Floyd County	D+47.4	D+44.2	D+32.4	12,016	D+5.9%
Harrison County	D+47.3	D+20.1	R+18.0	4,802	D+4.1%
Henderson County	D+47.0	D+22.0	R+4.2	7,646	D+9.7%
Spencer County	D+44.4	D+12.8	R+23.0	1,812	D+6.4%
Scott County	D+43.8	D+9.9	R+26.0	5,014	D+5.0%
Marion County	D+43.5	D+24.9	R+7.6	4,225	D+15.3%
Menifee County	D+43.3	D+27.2	D+9.7	1,564	D+16.9%
Lyon County	D+42.8	D+20.9	D+13.4	2,155	D+12.2%
Bullitt County	D+42.3	R+3.8	R+31.0	2,385	D+1.4%
Meade County	D+41.9	D+7.7	R+20.8	2,725	D+14.5%
Montgomery County	D+41.6	D+8.1	R+21.5	3,960	D+19.3%
Livingston County	D+41.2	D+15.4	D+3.6	2,311	D+24.4%
Wolfe County	D+40.4	D+30.8	D+5.1	2,733	D+16.5%
Shelby County	D+39.4	D+12.4	R+23.6	5,622	D+1.9%
Nicholas County	D+39.0	D+18.5	R+16.0	2,742	D+12.9%
Grant County	D+38.9	D+11.8	R+25.1	3,803	D+19.3%
Hopkins County	D+37.8	D+16.8	R+16.2	9,366	D+6.0%
Anderson County	D+36.9	D+10.8	R+32.9	3,154	D+16.3%
Bourbon County	D+36.8	D+18.4	R+18.1	5,302	D+4.6%
Clark County	D+36.3	D+7.9	R+26.0	4,908	D+6.2%
Harlan County	D+34.7	D+23.1	D+4.8	13,710	D+18.9%
Nelson County	D+34.5	D+23.8	R+17.9	5,336	D+8.5%
Boone County	D+33.2	R+20.4	R+44.4	3,523	D+7.8%
Robertson County	D+32.1	D+14.6	R+9.6	1,314	D+11.0%
McLean County	D+30.3	D+17.5	R+0.6	3,272	D+18.6%
Bath County	D+28.2	D+19.2	R+6.3	3,591	D+12.2%
Daviess County	D+27.7	D+0.8	R+18.6	13,727	D+13.8%
Boyle County	D+27.0	D+6.8	R+25.3	5,336	D+4.4%
Kenton County	D+27.0	R+17.4	R+39.9	30,200	D+10.9%
Woodford County	D+26.6	D+0.3	R+34.5	3,555	D+4.6%
Hardin County	D+26.3	R+7.7	R+38.3	6,447	D+4.3%
Warren County	D+25.5	R+11.2	R+34.0	11,189	D+4.8%
Mercer County	D+24.8	D+3.6	R+28.9	4,363	D+4.5%
Barren County	D+24.7	R+9.4	R+26.2	6,715	D+9.4%
Christian County	D+24.6	R+7.5	R+32.5	9,502	D+8.4%
Oldham County	D+23.6	R+22.1	R+47.8	2,829	R+6.5%
Jessamine County	D+22.9	R+17.6	R+49.2	3,878	D+7.9%
Bracken County	D+19.9	D+10.1	R+22.7	3,134	D+7.3%
Perry County	D+19.7	D+17.4	D+0.4	9,453	D+7.6%
Larue County	D+18.3	D+4.3	R+30.9	3,206	D+4.2%
Mason County	D+17.7	D+4.1	R+16.9	6,208	D+9.9%
Pendleton County	D+17.3	D+6.1	R+28.5	3,374	D+14.4%
Pike County	D+16.9	D+16.8	D+14.2	19,642	D+7.6%
Rowan County	D+16.4	D+3.6	R+14.7	3,622	D+13.0%
Powell County	D+14.9	D+7.7	R+18.0	1,713	D+8.7%
Caldwell County	D+14.7	D+5.6	R+13.0	3,985	D+10.4%
Boyd County	D+14.5	D+1.5	R+6.4	15,844	D+6.1%
Letcher County	D+14.2	D+10.9	D+7.2	8,324	D+7.9%
Greenup County	D+13.7	D+1.9	R+3.7	7,406	D+12.4%
Bell County	D+13.6	D+7.7	R+13.6	10,124	D+15.8%
Fleming County	D+13.1	R+3.2	R+27.1	4,852	D+14.1%
Muhlenberg County	D+11.8	D+14.7	D+0.5	8,031	D+23.4%
Magoffin County	D+9.0	D+13.6	D+11.3	4,135	D+11.5%
Fayette County	D+8.9	R+6.7	R+28.2	25,155	R+2.1%
Washington County	D+7.8	D+3.3	R+21.9	3,962	D+9.3%
Hancock County	D+7.5	D+5.4	R+20.6	2,147	D+16.9%
Taylor County	D+7.2	R+10.9	R+28.6	4,581	D+10.0%
Madison County	D+7.1	R+1.3	R+26.8	10,156	D+4.5%
Lincoln County	D+5.8	R+0.7	R+23.0	5,614	D+0.9%
Lawrence County	D+5.6	R+4.1	R+9.9	4,521	D+11.6%
Campbell County	D+4.6	R+19.5	R+40.4	25,231	D+7.2%
Breckinridge County	D+4.2	R+6.8	R+24.7	5,110	D+10.7%
Hart County	D+3.8	R+2.0	R+14.7	4,865	D+1.8%
Metcalfe County	D+1.3	R+10.4	R+19.6	3,346	D+16.5%
Jefferson County	D+0.8	R+0.5	R+15.7	143,629	R+12.9%
Estill County	R+2.9	R+17.5	R+37.5	4,045	D+8.0%
Garrard County	R+4.5	R+18.1	R+35.2	3,656	D+2.8%
Carter County	R+5.9	R+1.9	R+7.7	6,577	D+14.2%
Lee County	R+7.6	R+23.2	R+41.4	2,317	D+8.0%
Ohio County	R+9.5	R+20.0	R+22.2	6,106	D+8.3%
Wayne County	R+9.9	R+19.3	R+32.2	4,548	D+10.3%
Crittenden County	R+12.4	R+18.9	R+18.7	3,461	D+14.5%
Adair County	R+13.8	R+27.5	R+42.4	5,036	D+3.4%
Grayson County	R+13.9	R+28.4	R+42.7	5,092	D+5.7%
Green County	R+14.5	R+22.2	R+33.1	3,860	R+0.9%
Allen County	R+16.9	R+22.3	R+38.4	3,985	D+11.3%
Knox County	R+20.0	R+21.6	R+32.2	7,123	D+16.9%
Johnson County	R+25.3	R+22.8	R+25.7	6,392	D+9.9%
Lewis County	R+30.2	R+28.7	R+39.6	4,172	D+8.9%
Laurel County	R+30.4	R+37.7	R+49.1	6,326	D+10.8%
Whitley County	R+31.0	R+28.1	R+37.1	8,653	D+15.2%
Edmonson County	R+31.3	R+39.2	R+42.6	3,048	D+9.7%
Pulaski County	R+32.2	R+32.1	R+53.2	11,510	D+3.4%
Russell County	R+33.6	R+38.1	R+50.9	3,613	D+9.9%
Clay County	R+35.8	R+36.5	R+48.8	4,676	D+21.0%
Martin County	R+36.3	R+27.7	R+37.1	2,898	D+20.4%
Butler County	R+38.0	R+41.7	R+49.3	3,658	D+10.8%
Monroe County	R+38.1	R+59.1	R+63.5	4,097	D+15.5%
Casey County	R+38.4	R+52.2	R+58.7	4,911	D+5.0%
Cumberland County	R+41.5	R+45.3	R+55.9	2,775	D+15.3%
Rockcastle County	R+42.2	R+44.4	R+59.7	4,564	D+6.0%
Leslie County	R+50.3	R+44.9	R+51.6	3,211	D+18.3%
Clinton County	R+52.0	R+55.3	R+60.6	3,048	D+12.5%
McCreary County	R+52.7	R+45.4	R+42.4	3,978	D+6.3%
Owsley County	R+59.3	R+47.9	R+58.9	2,161	D+13.1%
Jackson County	R+73.0	R+64.9	R+75.1	3,222	D+10.2%

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