Kentucky 1972 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Kentucky 1972 presidential election with 676,446 votes (63.4%), a margin of R+28.6. Kentucky's 8 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

34.8%

63.4%

371,159

Democratic Candidate (34.8%)

676,446

Republican Candidate (63.4%)

Total Votes: 1,067,499|Margin: R+28.6

County Results

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County Results (120 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Elliott County	D+31.2	D+49.8	D+47.2	2,297	R+8.7%
Knott County	D+30.2	D+53.8	D+44.2	4,287	R+15.8%
Breathitt County	D+18.3	D+43.1	D+9.2	4,541	R+15.8%
Floyd County	D+10.5	D+44.2	D+32.4	13,800	R+26.2%
Menifee County	D+10.0	D+27.2	D+9.7	1,358	D+6.6%
Morgan County	D+8.3	D+29.7	D+14.9	3,369	R+13.9%
Carroll County	D+3.1	D+31.6	R+7.6	2,574	R+25.4%
Wolfe County	D+1.1	D+30.8	D+5.1	1,917	R+17.2%
Marion County	R+0.4	D+24.9	R+7.6	4,765	R+17.0%
Robertson County	R+3.9	D+14.6	R+9.6	894	R+2.9%
Ballard County	R+4.2	D+36.4	D+9.2	3,089	R+35.3%
Magoffin County	R+5.1	D+13.6	D+11.3	4,281	R+4.1%
Henry County	R+6.3	D+26.5	R+10.2	3,656	R+24.1%
Trigg County	R+7.6	D+15.3	R+13.7	3,337	R+13.9%
Gallatin County	R+7.9	D+17.8	Even	1,347	R+27.3%
Nelson County	R+10.2	D+23.8	R+17.9	6,528	R+25.4%
Trimble County	R+10.4	D+27.3	R+12.1	1,712	R+37.5%
Owen County	R+11.1	D+41.2	R+4.9	2,651	R+36.0%
Pike County	R+13.6	D+16.8	D+14.2	22,200	R+25.8%
Carlisle County	R+14.2	D+22.3	R+1.2	2,097	R+41.4%
Nicholas County	R+14.2	D+18.5	R+16.0	1,914	R+23.2%
Franklin County	R+15.9	D+25.6	R+17.2	13,679	R+33.7%
Webster County	R+16.4	D+28.3	D+9.6	4,162	R+30.1%
Bath County	R+17.4	D+19.2	R+6.3	3,282	R+20.9%
Mason County	R+17.7	D+4.1	R+16.9	6,037	R+19.4%
Powell County	R+17.7	D+7.7	R+18.0	3,024	R+9.5%
Hickman County	R+18.0	D+11.7	R+13.6	2,524	R+27.6%
Logan County	R+18.0	D+11.5	R+18.6	6,175	R+17.3%
Letcher County	R+18.1	D+10.9	D+7.2	7,197	R+21.5%
Metcalfe County	R+18.2	R+10.4	R+19.6	3,238	D+0.4%
Union County	R+18.4	D+30.0	D+10.0	4,604	R+39.9%
McCracken County	R+18.9	D+12.7	R+1.4	19,518	R+36.8%
Calloway County	R+19.5	D+19.3	R+12.3	8,732	R+33.1%
Lyon County	R+19.5	D+20.9	D+13.4	1,760	R+26.7%
Perry County	R+19.6	D+17.4	D+0.4	9,050	R+25.5%
Rowan County	R+19.7	D+3.6	R+14.7	5,458	R+17.0%
Harlan County	R+19.8	D+23.1	D+4.8	10,985	R+33.7%
Washington County	R+20.4	D+3.3	R+21.9	4,051	R+15.7%
Greenup County	R+20.4	D+1.9	R+3.7	11,437	R+20.4%
Marshall County	R+20.5	D+17.0	D+5.2	7,252	R+31.4%
Harrison County	R+20.8	D+20.1	R+18.0	4,576	R+36.0%
Hart County	R+21.5	R+2.0	R+14.7	5,939	R+0.3%
Livingston County	R+21.8	D+15.4	D+3.6	2,790	R+27.6%
Lawrence County	R+21.8	R+4.1	R+9.9	3,955	R+19.0%
Carter County	R+22.2	R+1.9	R+7.7	6,727	R+8.5%
Bullitt County	R+22.4	R+3.8	R+31.0	7,553	R+25.1%
Todd County	R+22.4	D+0.3	R+20.1	3,315	R+14.5%
Henderson County	R+22.8	D+22.0	R+4.2	10,269	R+37.3%
Jefferson County	R+23.0	R+0.5	R+15.7	235,764	R+20.5%
Meade County	R+23.3	D+7.7	R+20.8	4,090	R+36.1%
Graves County	R+23.7	D+3.2	R+3.7	10,100	R+39.0%
Larue County	R+24.3	D+4.3	R+30.9	3,980	R+8.6%
Bourbon County	R+25.7	D+18.4	R+18.1	5,127	R+38.9%
Fleming County	R+25.8	R+3.2	R+27.1	3,982	R+6.3%
Muhlenberg County	R+26.2	D+14.7	D+0.5	8,978	R+24.5%
Simpson County	R+26.3	D+14.4	R+17.8	3,652	R+27.9%
Montgomery County	R+26.4	D+8.1	R+21.5	4,579	R+10.8%
Fulton County	R+26.6	D+15.6	R+7.4	2,947	R+29.8%
Anderson County	R+27.1	D+10.8	R+32.9	3,670	R+19.9%
Barren County	R+27.7	R+9.4	R+26.2	9,696	R+20.1%
Boyle County	R+28.3	D+6.8	R+25.3	6,781	R+27.6%
Christian County	R+28.6	R+7.5	R+32.5	11,705	R+32.5%
Breckinridge County	R+29.7	R+6.8	R+24.7	5,563	R+16.9%
Bracken County	R+29.8	D+10.1	R+22.7	2,532	R+28.1%
Shelby County	R+30.0	D+12.4	R+23.6	6,065	R+34.8%
Wayne County	R+30.6	R+19.3	R+32.2	5,420	D+1.1%
Lincoln County	R+31.3	R+0.7	R+23.0	5,571	R+15.6%
McLean County	R+31.4	D+17.5	R+0.6	3,530	R+31.4%
Grant County	R+31.7	D+11.8	R+25.1	3,258	R+25.5%
Scott County	R+32.1	D+9.9	R+26.0	5,026	R+36.4%
Hancock County	R+32.3	D+5.4	R+20.6	2,450	R+24.6%
Madison County	R+32.8	R+1.3	R+26.8	13,199	R+20.7%
Boyd County	R+32.8	D+1.5	R+6.4	19,437	R+29.0%
Bell County	R+33.4	D+7.7	R+13.6	9,867	R+26.0%
Daviess County	R+34.5	D+0.8	R+18.6	26,256	R+33.9%
Mercer County	R+34.5	D+3.6	R+28.9	5,410	R+26.0%
Warren County	R+35.0	R+11.2	R+34.0	18,691	R+18.7%
Hardin County	R+35.3	R+7.7	R+38.3	13,256	R+28.6%
Fayette County	R+35.4	R+6.7	R+28.2	63,666	R+19.4%
Kenton County	R+36.1	R+17.4	R+39.9	42,121	R+29.5%
Caldwell County	R+36.1	D+5.6	R+13.0	4,451	R+22.3%
Pendleton County	R+36.2	D+6.1	R+28.5	2,922	R+23.2%
Garrard County	R+36.5	R+18.1	R+35.2	4,657	R+5.9%
Taylor County	R+36.6	R+10.9	R+28.6	5,952	R+8.6%
Lee County	R+37.1	R+23.2	R+41.4	2,388	R+8.1%
Clark County	R+37.8	D+7.9	R+26.0	6,585	R+33.2%
Grayson County	R+37.9	R+28.4	R+42.7	6,111	R+3.9%
Hopkins County	R+38.5	D+16.8	R+16.2	10,388	R+43.6%
Green County	R+38.6	R+22.2	R+33.1	4,003	R+4.0%
Oldham County	R+38.7	R+22.1	R+47.8	4,472	R+32.3%
Campbell County	R+38.9	R+19.5	R+40.4	29,445	R+24.9%
Spencer County	R+39.2	D+12.8	R+23.0	1,629	R+29.6%
Estill County	R+39.4	R+17.5	R+37.5	4,399	R+16.0%
Clay County	R+40.4	R+36.5	R+48.8	5,781	D+15.2%
Adair County	R+40.7	R+27.5	R+42.4	5,531	R+6.2%
Allen County	R+40.8	R+22.3	R+38.4	4,332	D+1.5%
Woodford County	R+43.8	D+0.3	R+34.5	4,781	R+38.1%
Lewis County	R+44.1	R+28.7	R+39.6	4,365	R+3.1%
Crittenden County	R+44.2	R+18.9	R+18.7	3,143	R+12.9%
Ohio County	R+44.6	R+20.0	R+22.2	3,334	R+16.6%
Johnson County	R+45.2	R+22.8	R+25.7	6,792	R+16.0%
Boone County	R+46.3	R+20.4	R+44.4	10,280	R+31.3%
Knox County	R+46.7	R+21.6	R+32.2	6,879	R+18.5%
Jessamine County	R+48.7	R+17.6	R+49.2	5,238	R+29.2%
Whitley County	R+50.6	R+28.1	R+37.1	9,062	R+13.5%
Laurel County	R+52.0	R+37.7	R+49.1	9,620	R+3.4%
Edmonson County	R+52.2	R+39.2	R+42.6	3,074	R+6.3%
Cumberland County	R+53.6	R+45.3	R+55.9	3,002	R+6.4%
Russell County	R+54.1	R+38.1	R+50.9	5,220	R+10.1%
Pulaski County	R+54.6	R+32.1	R+53.2	13,770	R+12.2%
Butler County	R+55.2	R+41.7	R+49.3	3,818	R+6.1%
Rockcastle County	R+55.5	R+44.4	R+59.7	4,446	R+7.5%
Leslie County	R+56.3	R+44.9	R+51.6	4,236	R+7.8%
Martin County	R+57.2	R+27.7	R+37.1	3,204	R+15.6%
Casey County	R+59.5	R+52.2	R+58.7	4,728	R+5.7%
Clinton County	R+59.7	R+55.3	R+60.6	3,307	R+1.1%
McCreary County	R+63.4	R+45.4	R+42.4	3,976	R+15.0%
Monroe County	R+65.7	R+59.1	R+63.5	4,566	R+2.6%
Owsley County	R+67.9	R+47.9	R+58.9	1,587	R+8.5%
Jackson County	R+84.6	R+64.9	R+75.1	5,753	R+8.8%

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