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Election 1876 Results

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1876 presidential election in Kentucky

Samuel J. Tilden (Democrat) beat Rutherford B. Hayes (Republican) in Kentucky in 1876, 61.4% to 37.4%, a margin of 24.0 points and 62,492 votes.

Kentucky voted 21.0 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

Kentucky changed party: in 1872 it went third-party.

Democrats led in 95 of the 116 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 21. The largest, Jefferson, cast 20,667 votes and went to the Democrat by 42.3 points. The closest was Garrard, where 1 vote 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Samuel J. Tilden won	Democratic	160,060	61.4%
Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	97,568	37.4%
All other candidates		2,998	1.2%
Total		260,626

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	14,656 70.9%	5,905 28.6%	106	20,667	D+42.3
Kenton	4,185 62.9%	2,440 36.6%	33	6,658	D+26.2
Fayette	2,963 48.9%	3,085 50.9%	16	6,064	R+2.0
Campbell	2,949 56.0%	2,304 43.7%	17	5,270	D+12.2
Christian	2,062 42.0%	2,842 57.9%	1	4,905	R+15.9
Warren	2,652 56.9%	1,899 40.8%	109	4,660	D+16.2
Daviess	3,285 72.9%	1,050 23.3%	174	4,509	D+49.6
Madison	2,236 52.9%	1,967 46.6%	20	4,223	D+6.4
Henderson	2,592 62.8%	1,524 36.9%	9	4,125	D+25.9
Graves	2,985 76.1%	926 23.6%	10	3,921	D+52.5
Mason	2,362 60.5%	1,518 38.9%	23	3,903	D+21.6
Logan	2,242 59.0%	1,557 41.0%		3,799	D+18.0
Pulaski	1,652 44.9%	1,981 53.8%	49	3,682	R+8.9
Barren	2,185 62.3%	1,309 37.3%	14	3,508	D+25.0
Bourbon	1,761 52.2%	1,615 47.8%		3,376	D+4.3
Shelby	2,135 63.4%	1,210 35.9%	25	3,370	D+27.4
Scott	1,827 57.7%	1,322 41.8%	16	3,165	D+16.0
Owen	2,700 87.1%	398 12.8%	2	3,100	D+74.3
Franklin	1,989 64.2%	1,084 35.0%	25	3,098	D+29.2
Hardin	2,135 72.2%	813 27.5%	10	2,958	D+44.7
Harrison	1,915 65.5%	988 33.8%	20	2,923	D+31.7
Union	2,200 75.8%	654 22.5%	48	2,902	D+53.3
Ohio	1,589 54.8%	1,114 38.5%	194	2,897	D+16.4
Hopkins	1,859 64.5%	952 33.0%	71	2,882	D+31.5
Mercer	1,659 58.4%	1,131 39.8%	49	2,839	D+18.6
McCracken	1,756 65.1%	943 34.9%		2,699	D+30.1
Henry	1,862 69.3%	820 30.5%	5	2,687	D+38.8
Fleming	1,534 57.8%	1,112 41.9%	10	2,656	D+15.9
Hart	1,584 60.3%	1,031 39.2%	14	2,629	D+21.0
Nelson	1,782 68.0%	815 31.1%	24	2,621	D+36.9
Todd	1,395 53.2%	1,215 46.4%	10	2,620	D+6.9
Boyle	1,434 54.8%	1,176 44.9%	7	2,617	D+9.9
Pendleton	1,686 64.6%	920 35.3%	2	2,608	D+29.4
Lincoln	1,547 59.4%	1,047 40.2%	9	2,603	D+19.2
Trigg	1,508 60.1%	994 39.6%	8	2,510	D+20.5
Marion	1,632 66.2%	827 33.5%	6	2,465	D+32.7
Washington	1,428 58.3%	1,014 41.4%	7	2,449	D+16.9
Woodford	1,340 55.2%	1,080 44.5%	8	2,428	D+10.7
Ballard	2,061 85.7%	343 14.3%	1	2,405	D+71.4
Clark	1,356 56.6%	1,025 42.8%	14	2,395	D+13.8
Lewis	1,147 50.3%	1,134 49.7%		2,281	D+0.6
Garrard	1,136 50.0%	1,135 50.0%		2,271	level
Adair	1,176 52.5%	1,062 47.4%	1	2,239	D+5.1
Bracken	1,575 70.4%	634 28.3%	28	2,237	D+42.1
Jessamine	1,142 51.1%	1,086 48.5%	9	2,237	D+2.5
Boone	1,802 81.5%	408 18.5%		2,210	D+63.1
Breckinridge	1,357 62.2%	800 36.6%	26	2,183	D+25.5
Muhlenberg	1,159 53.8%	950 44.1%	44	2,153	D+9.7
Montgomery	1,213 58.1%	869 41.6%	7	2,089	D+16.5
Nicholas	1,315 62.9%	762 36.5%	12	2,089	D+26.5
Grant	1,297 64.0%	719 35.5%	12	2,028	D+28.5
Greenup	1,020 50.4%	979 48.3%	26	2,025	D+2.0
Caldwell	1,199 60.9%	752 38.2%	17	1,968	D+22.7
Bath	1,123 57.3%	831 42.4%	5	1,959	D+14.9
Calloway	1,647 84.5%	246 12.6%	55	1,948	D+71.9
Boyd	1,059 54.5%	884 45.5%		1,943	D+9.0
Crittenden	944 49.4%	931 48.7%	37	1,912	D+0.7
Simpson	1,272 66.9%	597 31.4%	32	1,901	D+35.5
Grayson	1,068 57.6%	613 33.1%	173	1,854	D+24.5
Webster	1,270 69.6%	491 26.9%	63	1,824	D+42.7
Wayne	1,050 59.1%	694 39.0%	34	1,778	D+20.0
Clay	821 47.2%	910 52.4%	7	1,738	R+5.1
Allen	1,064 61.8%	649 37.7%	10	1,723	D+24.1
Green	951 55.8%	741 43.5%	12	1,704	D+12.3
Hickman	1,317 77.5%	381 22.4%	1	1,699	D+55.1
Anderson	1,154 69.2%	509 30.5%	5	1,668	D+38.7
Lawrence	1,048 63.0%	615 37.0%		1,663	D+26.0
Rockcastle	824 51.3%	776 48.3%	5	1,605	D+3.0
Estill	895 56.8%	658 41.8%	23	1,576	D+15.0
Carroll	1,289 82.2%	275 17.5%	5	1,569	D+64.6
Knox	651 41.7%	889 57.0%	20	1,560	R+15.3
Marshall	1,311 84.0%	217 13.9%	32	1,560	D+70.1
Meade	1,227 80.6%	258 17.0%	37	1,522	D+63.7
Whitley	487 32.8%	987 66.5%	10	1,484	R+33.7
Carter	763 51.7%	713 48.3%		1,476	D+3.4
Butler	449 30.7%	557 38.1%	457	1,463	R+7.4
Taylor	990 67.7%	471 32.2%	1	1,462	D+35.5
Larue	978 68.0%	422 29.3%	39	1,439	D+38.6
Pike	947 66.7%	429 30.2%	43	1,419	D+36.5
Oldham	956 68.3%	424 30.3%	19	1,399	D+38.0
Metcalfe	718 51.7%	669 48.2%	2	1,389	D+3.5
McLean	799 58.4%	306 22.4%	263	1,368	D+36.0
Morgan	1,022 75.3%	335 24.7%		1,357	D+50.6
Livingston	1,073 79.4%	255 18.9%	23	1,351	D+60.5
Bullitt	1,017 78.1%	262 20.1%	23	1,302	D+58.0
Monroe	590 46.2%	664 52.0%	24	1,278	R+5.8
Lyon	781 61.4%	484 38.1%	7	1,272	D+23.3
Johnson	559 44.1%	707 55.7%	3	1,269	R+11.7
Laurel	560 44.9%	660 52.9%	27	1,247	R+8.0
Cumberland	596 49.2%	614 50.7%	2	1,212	R+1.5
Floyd	927 76.7%	282 23.3%		1,209	D+53.3
Spencer	881 73.3%	320 26.6%	1	1,202	D+46.7
Fulton	1,037 87.4%	148 12.5%	2	1,187	D+74.9
Trimble	1,058 89.9%	114 9.7%	5	1,177	D+80.2
Russell	647 55.1%	528 44.9%		1,175	D+10.1
Robertson	689 65.1%	359 33.9%	10	1,058	D+31.2
Casey	541 51.7%	469 44.8%	36	1,046	D+6.9
Breathitt	687 66.1%	351 33.8%	2	1,040	D+32.3
Hancock	810 77.9%	205 19.7%	25	1,040	D+58.2
Perry	326 34.7%	610 65.0%	3	939	R+30.2
Magoffin	489 52.8%	436 47.1%	1	926	D+5.7
Gallatin	678 74.0%	238 26.0%		916	D+48.0
Edmonson	479 53.9%	396 44.5%	14	889	D+9.3
Elliott	739 83.8%	141 16.0%	2	882	D+67.8
Clinton	342 39.1%	498 57.0%	34	874	R+17.8
Jackson	281 32.5%	576 66.6%	8	865	R+34.1
Wolfe	531 66.2%	270 33.7%	1	802	D+32.5
Harlan	179 22.7%	608 77.2%	1	788	R+54.4
Letcher	364 46.9%	412 53.1%		776	R+6.2
Owsley	215 29.0%	526 70.9%	1	742	R+41.9
Lee	352 48.9%	367 51.0%	1	720	R+2.1
Bell	234 33.7%	458 66.0%	2	694	R+32.3
Powell	344 57.9%	250 42.1%		594	D+15.8
Rowan	247 45.3%	298 54.7%		545	R+9.4
Menifee	401 78.5%	109 21.3%	1	511	D+57.1
Martin	94 28.5%	235 71.2%	1	330	R+42.7

Counties as they stood in 1876; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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