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Election 1872 Results

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1872 presidential election in Kentucky

Hendricks (independent) took office in Kentucky in 1872 although Horace Greeley won more votes, 52.3% to 1.2%.

Kentucky voted 17.5 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+11.6.

Kentucky changed party: in 1868 it went Democratic, for Horatio Seymour.

Democrats led in 63 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 52. The largest, Jefferson, cast 16,936 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.1 points. The closest was Russell, where 2 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Horace Greeley Democratic 99,995 52.3%
Ulysses S. Grant Republican 88,766 46.4%
Hendricks won Independent 2,374 1.2%
Total191,135

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 9,810 57.9% 6,915 40.8% 211 16,936 D+17.1
Fayette 2,299 42.4% 3,106 57.3% 11 5,416 R+14.9
Kenton 2,969 61.0% 1,886 38.8% 11 4,866 D+22.3
Christian 1,500 37.4% 2,470 61.6% 41 4,011 R+24.2
Warren 1,632 46.7% 1,803 51.6% 59 3,494 R+4.9
Madison 1,549 45.9% 1,792 53.1% 33 3,374 R+7.2
Campbell 1,821 55.3% 1,470 44.6% 3 3,294 D+10.7
Daviess 2,035 64.2% 1,086 34.2% 50 3,171 D+29.9
Mason 1,608 52.8% 1,410 46.3% 27 3,045 D+6.5
Bourbon 1,438 47.9% 1,547 51.5% 19 3,004 R+3.6
Henderson 1,642 54.7% 1,308 43.5% 54 3,004 D+11.1
Logan 1,143 41.9% 1,492 54.7% 93 2,728 R+12.8
Shelby 1,408 54.6% 1,135 44.0% 34 2,577 D+10.6
Scott 1,347 54.4% 1,118 45.1% 12 2,477 D+9.2
Graves 1,652 67.6% 777 31.8% 16 2,445 D+35.8
Franklin 1,283 53.3% 1,059 44.0% 65 2,407 D+9.3
Harrison 1,379 57.8% 995 41.7% 11 2,385 D+16.1
Pulaski 817 34.9% 1,513 64.6% 11 2,341 R+29.7
Mercer 1,193 52.4% 1,079 47.4% 3 2,275 D+5.0
Barren 1,106 49.7% 1,092 49.0% 29 2,227 D+0.6
Owen 1,843 84.6% 296 13.6% 40 2,179 D+71.0
Ohio 987 45.5% 1,171 54.0% 12 2,170 R+8.5
Woodford 1,045 49.4% 1,064 50.3% 8 2,117 R+0.9
Henry 1,235 60.2% 787 38.4% 30 2,052 D+21.8
Fleming 967 47.1% 1,053 51.3% 31 2,051 R+4.2
Hardin 1,207 58.9% 819 40.0% 22 2,048 D+18.9
Union 1,437 72.4% 541 27.3% 7 1,985 D+45.1
Trigg 977 49.4% 928 47.0% 71 1,976 D+2.5
Boyle 967 49.0% 996 50.5% 9 1,972 R+1.5
Pendleton 1,000 50.7% 968 49.1% 3 1,971 D+1.6
Lincoln 1,064 55.2% 847 43.9% 17 1,928 D+11.3
Garrard 808 42.8% 1,071 56.7% 10 1,889 R+13.9
Jessamine 783 42.2% 1,068 57.5% 6 1,857 R+15.3
McCracken 986 53.7% 839 45.7% 10 1,835 D+8.0
Breckinridge 752 41.0% 1,049 57.2% 32 1,833 R+16.2
Washington 766 41.8% 1,029 56.2% 36 1,831 R+14.4
Todd 623 34.7% 1,106 61.6% 66 1,795 R+26.9
Hopkins 917 51.8% 788 44.5% 65 1,770 D+7.3
Nelson 925 52.8% 786 44.8% 42 1,753 D+7.9
Marion 869 50.2% 805 46.5% 56 1,730 D+3.7
Clark 803 46.5% 883 51.1% 41 1,727 R+4.6
Boone 1,234 74.3% 390 23.5% 36 1,660 D+50.8
Nicholas 943 57.2% 701 42.5% 6 1,650 D+14.7
Montgomery 876 53.6% 755 46.2% 3 1,634 D+7.4
Bracken 953 58.7% 666 41.0% 5 1,624 D+17.7
Hart 738 45.8% 861 53.4% 14 1,613 R+7.6
Lewis 644 40.1% 952 59.3% 9 1,605 R+19.2
Bath 721 45.2% 787 49.4% 86 1,594 R+4.1
Muhlenberg 606 38.7% 930 59.4% 29 1,565 R+20.7
Crittenden 644 42.4% 856 56.4% 19 1,519 R+14.0
Ballard 1,221 80.8% 279 18.5% 11 1,511 D+62.3
Simpson 857 57.0% 620 41.3% 26 1,503 D+15.8
Adair 697 46.8% 788 52.9% 4 1,489 R+6.1
Caldwell 720 50.7% 688 48.4% 13 1,421 D+2.3
Grant 752 53.6% 641 45.7% 10 1,403 D+7.9
Greenup 496 35.4% 902 64.4% 3 1,401 R+29.0
Calloway 1,133 85.1% 198 14.9% 1,331 D+70.2
Webster 771 59.6% 506 39.1% 16 1,293 D+20.5
Wayne 639 50.3% 607 47.8% 25 1,271 D+2.5
Grayson 538 42.5% 666 52.6% 63 1,267 R+10.1
Green 455 37.0% 763 62.1% 11 1,229 R+25.1
Knox 446 36.4% 770 62.9% 9 1,225 R+26.4
Hickman 777 65.7% 401 33.9% 5 1,183 D+31.8
Clay 430 36.6% 710 60.5% 34 1,174 R+23.9
Marshall 903 77.5% 245 21.0% 17 1,165 D+56.5
Rockcastle 576 50.3% 570 49.7% 1,146 D+0.5
Butler 421 37.5% 679 60.5% 22 1,122 R+23.0
Oldham 673 60.3% 435 38.9% 9 1,117 D+21.3
Estill 522 47.1% 584 52.7% 2 1,108 R+5.6
Carroll 899 81.2% 189 17.1% 19 1,107 D+64.1
Anderson 721 65.8% 359 32.8% 15 1,095 D+33.1
Whitley 303 28.8% 733 69.7% 16 1,052 R+40.9
Boyd 396 37.8% 648 61.9% 3 1,047 R+24.1
McLean 622 61.4% 376 37.1% 15 1,013 D+24.3
Livingston 752 74.7% 252 25.0% 3 1,007 D+49.7
Meade 735 73.2% 262 26.1% 7 1,004 D+47.1
Laurel 371 37.3% 618 62.1% 6 995 R+24.8
Allen 442 44.5% 513 51.7% 38 993 R+7.2
Carter 396 40.4% 571 58.2% 14 981 R+17.8
Casey 476 49.9% 470 49.3% 8 954 D+0.6
Lyon 415 44.0% 496 52.6% 32 943 R+8.6
Taylor 477 50.6% 450 47.7% 16 943 D+2.9
Floyd 693 75.2% 227 24.6% 2 922 D+50.5
Morgan 648 71.4% 254 28.0% 5 907 D+43.4
Hancock 591 66.7% 288 32.5% 7 886 D+34.2
Monroe 236 26.9% 630 71.8% 11 877 R+44.9
Lawrence 435 50.1% 414 47.7% 19 868 D+2.4
Larue 497 59.2% 340 40.5% 2 839 D+18.7
Trimble 657 80.2% 124 15.1% 38 819 D+65.1
Robertson 491 60.1% 323 39.5% 3 817 D+20.6
Johnson 300 37.1% 506 62.5% 3 809 R+25.5
Metcalfe 233 28.9% 519 64.4% 54 806 R+35.5
Bullitt 512 63.9% 279 34.8% 10 801 D+29.1
Pike 483 60.7% 304 38.2% 9 796 D+22.5
Spencer 542 68.3% 243 30.6% 8 793 D+37.7
Cumberland 208 26.3% 569 71.9% 14 791 R+45.6
Breathitt 553 70.1% 234 29.7% 2 789 D+40.4
Russell 393 49.9% 395 50.1% 788 R+0.3
Gallatin 507 69.0% 226 30.7% 2 735 D+38.2
Fulton 624 86.0% 87 12.0% 15 726 D+74.0
Edmonson 255 38.1% 398 59.4% 17 670 R+21.3
Jackson 146 22.3% 499 76.3% 9 654 R+54.0
Magoffin 315 48.9% 328 50.9% 1 644 R+2.0
Perry 230 37.5% 380 62.0% 3 613 R+24.5
Owsley 151 25.7% 433 73.8% 3 587 R+48.0
Letcher 269 45.9% 316 53.9% 1 586 R+8.0
Harlan 97 17.1% 464 81.7% 7 568 R+64.6
Lee 270 47.8% 290 51.3% 5 565 R+3.5
Clinton 186 33.4% 370 66.4% 1 557 R+33.0
Wolfe 352 65.5% 185 34.5% 537 D+31.1
Elliott 382 74.6% 124 24.2% 6 512 D+50.4
Rowan 149 34.2% 285 65.4% 2 436 R+31.2
Powell 225 52.4% 204 47.6% 429 D+4.9
Menifee 207 70.4% 63 21.4% 24 294 D+49.0
Martin 28 13.7% 176 85.9% 1 205 R+72.2

Counties as they stood in 1872; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Kentucky in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.9
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+29.8
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.7
2008 John McCain (R) R+16.2
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+19.9
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+15.1
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.0
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+3.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+11.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+20.6
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.4
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+7.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+28.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.1
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+28.4
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+7.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.1
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+0.1
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+15.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+9.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+15.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.9
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+18.8
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+3.0
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+0.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+5.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+23.0
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+1.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+2.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+1.7
1896 William McKinley (R) R+0.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+11.7
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+8.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+12.4
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+15.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+24.0
1872 Third party (other)
1868 Horatio Seymour (D) D+49.4