Kentucky 1968 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Kentucky 1968 presidential election with 462,411 votes (43.8%), a margin of R+6.1. Kentucky's 8 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

37.6%

43.8%

397,541

Democratic Candidate (37.6%)

462,411

Republican Candidate (43.8%)

Total Votes: 1,055,893|Margin: R+6.1

County Results

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County Results (120 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Knott County	D+46.0	D+53.8	D+44.2	4,867	R+35.4%
Elliott County	D+39.9	D+49.8	D+47.2	2,186	R+32.5%
Floyd County	D+36.7	D+44.2	D+32.4	13,043	R+29.5%
Breathitt County	D+34.1	D+43.1	D+9.2	4,678	R+41.1%
Ballard County	D+31.0	D+36.4	D+9.2	3,444	R+37.9%
Carroll County	D+28.5	D+31.6	R+7.6	3,152	R+39.2%
Carlisle County	D+27.3	D+22.3	R+1.2	2,438	R+42.0%
Trimble County	D+27.1	D+27.3	R+12.1	1,967	R+45.8%
Owen County	D+24.9	D+41.2	R+4.9	3,134	R+51.1%
Morgan County	D+22.2	D+29.7	D+14.9	3,961	R+48.4%
Union County	D+21.5	D+30.0	D+10.0	5,794	R+30.9%
Gallatin County	D+19.3	D+17.8	Even	1,407	R+45.2%
Wolfe County	D+18.3	D+30.8	D+5.1	2,207	R+37.8%
McCracken County	D+17.9	D+12.7	R+1.4	21,544	R+38.0%
Henry County	D+17.8	D+26.5	R+10.2	3,967	R+43.7%
Franklin County	D+17.8	D+25.6	R+17.2	13,165	R+44.7%
Marion County	D+16.6	D+24.9	R+7.6	4,906	R+43.1%
Graves County	D+15.3	D+3.2	R+3.7	12,213	R+45.8%
Harrison County	D+15.2	D+20.1	R+18.0	4,850	R+44.4%
Nelson County	D+15.1	D+23.8	R+17.9	6,916	R+38.4%
Henderson County	D+14.5	D+22.0	R+4.2	10,726	R+34.6%
Harlan County	D+13.9	D+23.1	D+4.8	13,077	R+26.1%
Webster County	D+13.6	D+28.3	D+9.6	4,905	R+37.2%
Calloway County	D+13.6	D+19.3	R+12.3	8,682	R+50.7%
Bourbon County	D+13.2	D+18.4	R+18.1	5,460	R+40.4%
Meade County	D+12.9	D+7.7	R+20.8	4,200	R+36.0%
Pike County	D+12.2	D+16.8	D+14.2	22,526	R+21.0%
Marshall County	D+11.0	D+17.0	D+5.2	7,921	R+45.0%
Hickman County	D+9.6	D+11.7	R+13.6	2,686	R+45.8%
Nicholas County	D+9.0	D+18.5	R+16.0	2,062	R+38.1%
Lyon County	D+7.2	D+20.9	D+13.4	1,938	R+34.1%
Trigg County	D+6.4	D+15.3	R+13.7	3,621	R+44.2%
Perry County	D+6.0	D+17.4	D+0.4	9,541	R+29.4%
Livingston County	D+5.8	D+15.4	D+3.6	3,307	R+38.7%
Hopkins County	D+5.1	D+16.8	R+16.2	11,869	R+35.9%
Shelby County	D+4.8	D+12.4	R+23.6	6,054	R+51.2%
Scott County	D+4.3	D+9.9	R+26.0	4,984	R+38.0%
Christian County	D+3.9	R+7.5	R+32.5	12,614	R+34.5%
Bath County	D+3.5	D+19.2	R+6.3	3,331	R+40.0%
Menifee County	D+3.4	D+27.2	D+9.7	1,317	R+50.7%
Letcher County	D+3.3	D+10.9	D+7.2	7,667	R+31.2%
Fulton County	D+3.3	D+15.6	R+7.4	3,818	R+32.8%
Bullitt County	D+2.7	R+3.8	R+31.0	6,310	R+43.9%
Mason County	D+1.7	D+4.1	R+16.9	6,570	R+28.0%
Simpson County	D+1.6	D+14.4	R+17.8	4,339	R+51.5%
McLean County	D+0.0	D+17.5	R+0.6	3,840	R+37.3%
Greenup County	R+0.1	D+1.9	R+3.7	10,755	R+24.6%
Daviess County	R+0.7	D+0.8	R+18.6	25,142	R+29.7%
Logan County	R+0.7	D+11.5	R+18.6	8,687	R+47.8%
Boyle County	R+0.8	D+6.8	R+25.3	6,738	R+43.9%
Magoffin County	R+1.0	D+13.6	D+11.3	4,123	R+31.4%
Robertson County	R+1.0	D+14.6	R+9.6	1,011	R+32.4%
Muhlenberg County	R+1.7	D+14.7	D+0.5	9,750	R+33.7%
Bracken County	R+1.8	D+10.1	R+22.7	2,732	R+40.7%
Jefferson County	R+2.6	R+0.5	R+15.7	222,657	R+31.1%
Rowan County	R+2.7	D+3.6	R+14.7	4,459	R+31.6%
Lawrence County	R+2.8	R+4.1	R+9.9	4,249	R+24.4%
Boyd County	R+3.8	D+1.5	R+6.4	19,001	R+28.2%
Clark County	R+4.6	D+7.9	R+26.0	6,808	R+39.6%
Washington County	R+4.7	D+3.3	R+21.9	4,019	R+32.9%
Woodford County	R+5.7	D+0.3	R+34.5	4,472	R+47.5%
Grant County	R+6.2	D+11.8	R+25.1	3,522	R+45.5%
Oldham County	R+6.4	R+22.1	R+47.8	3,993	R+41.6%
Kenton County	R+6.6	R+17.4	R+39.9	39,557	R+25.9%
Hardin County	R+6.7	R+7.7	R+38.3	12,737	R+39.7%
Anderson County	R+7.2	D+10.8	R+32.9	3,596	R+46.4%
Bell County	R+7.5	D+7.7	R+13.6	10,275	R+32.4%
Barren County	R+7.6	R+9.4	R+26.2	9,826	R+44.7%
Hancock County	R+7.8	D+5.4	R+20.6	2,347	R+38.2%
Todd County	R+7.8	D+0.3	R+20.1	4,479	R+42.0%
Powell County	R+8.2	D+7.7	R+18.0	2,718	R+32.2%
Mercer County	R+8.5	D+3.6	R+28.9	5,646	R+43.0%
Spencer County	R+9.7	D+12.8	R+23.0	1,750	R+55.6%
Madison County	R+12.1	R+1.3	R+26.8	11,878	R+35.4%
Breckinridge County	R+12.9	R+6.8	R+24.7	5,873	R+39.3%
Pendleton County	R+13.0	D+6.1	R+28.5	3,533	R+43.9%
Carter County	R+13.7	R+1.9	R+7.7	6,511	R+32.5%
Caldwell County	R+13.8	D+5.6	R+13.0	5,065	R+37.6%
Campbell County	R+13.9	R+19.5	R+40.4	28,203	R+27.4%
Boone County	R+15.0	R+20.4	R+44.4	9,051	R+34.3%
Montgomery County	R+15.6	D+8.1	R+21.5	4,508	R+48.3%
Lincoln County	R+15.7	R+0.7	R+23.0	5,461	R+41.2%
Larue County	R+15.7	D+4.3	R+30.9	3,897	R+54.8%
Fayette County	R+16.0	R+6.7	R+28.2	50,373	R+30.9%
Warren County	R+16.3	R+11.2	R+34.0	17,665	R+41.4%
Metcalfe County	R+18.5	R+10.4	R+19.6	3,046	R+39.8%
Jessamine County	R+19.5	R+17.6	R+49.2	5,143	R+30.9%
Fleming County	R+19.5	R+3.2	R+27.1	4,167	R+42.7%
Hart County	R+21.1	R+2.0	R+14.7	5,484	R+46.7%
Estill County	R+23.4	R+17.5	R+37.5	4,174	R+26.0%
Taylor County	R+27.9	R+10.9	R+28.6	5,959	R+36.5%
Ohio County	R+28.0	R+20.0	R+22.2	6,470	R+33.1%
Knox County	R+28.2	R+21.6	R+32.2	7,595	R+35.5%
Lee County	R+28.9	R+23.2	R+41.4	2,298	R+37.4%
Johnson County	R+29.1	R+22.8	R+25.7	6,536	R+28.8%
Garrard County	R+30.7	R+18.1	R+35.2	3,927	R+37.4%
Crittenden County	R+31.2	R+18.9	R+18.7	3,533	R+24.5%
Wayne County	R+31.7	R+19.3	R+32.2	5,002	R+38.5%
Grayson County	R+34.0	R+28.4	R+42.7	5,885	R+33.1%
Adair County	R+34.4	R+27.5	R+42.4	5,450	R+31.1%
Green County	R+34.7	R+22.2	R+33.1	4,170	R+35.8%
Whitley County	R+37.1	R+28.1	R+37.1	9,439	R+37.2%
Lewis County	R+40.9	R+28.7	R+39.6	4,257	R+36.7%
Martin County	R+41.7	R+27.7	R+37.1	2,840	R+45.5%
Allen County	R+42.3	R+22.3	R+38.4	4,790	R+35.7%
Pulaski County	R+42.4	R+32.1	R+53.2	12,901	R+30.8%
Russell County	R+43.9	R+38.1	R+50.9	4,721	R+25.4%
Edmonson County	R+46.0	R+39.2	R+42.6	3,484	R+24.0%
Cumberland County	R+47.1	R+45.3	R+55.9	3,120	R+33.0%
Rockcastle County	R+48.0	R+44.4	R+59.7	4,588	R+21.3%
McCreary County	R+48.4	R+45.4	R+42.4	3,949	R+26.6%
Leslie County	R+48.6	R+44.9	R+51.6	3,679	R+43.9%
Laurel County	R+48.6	R+37.7	R+49.1	9,251	R+32.7%
Butler County	R+49.1	R+41.7	R+49.3	3,967	R+27.2%
Casey County	R+53.8	R+52.2	R+58.7	5,235	R+24.3%
Clay County	R+55.6	R+36.5	R+48.8	6,204	R+53.6%
Clinton County	R+58.5	R+55.3	R+60.6	3,425	R+18.2%
Owsley County	R+59.4	R+47.9	R+58.9	1,877	R+25.2%
Monroe County	R+63.2	R+59.1	R+63.5	5,372	R+31.6%
Jackson County	R+75.8	R+64.9	R+75.1	3,684	R+27.6%

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