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Election 1892 Results

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1892 presidential election in Kentucky

Grover Cleveland (Democrat) beat Benjamin Harrison (Republican) in Kentucky in 1892, 51.5% to 39.7%, a margin of 11.7 points and 39,999 votes.

Kentucky voted 8.7 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.0.

The Democratic hold continued from 1888, when Grover Cleveland also won.

Democrats led in 81 of the 119 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 38. The largest, Jefferson, cast 35,278 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.1 points. The closest was Rowan, 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Grover Cleveland won	Democratic	175,461	51.5%
Benjamin Harrison	Republican	135,462	39.7%
James B. Weaver	Populist	23,500	6.9%
All other candidates		6,441	1.9%
Total		340,864

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	20,915 59.3%	13,454 38.1%	909	35,278	D+21.1
Kenton	5,686 59.6%	3,494 36.6%	365	9,545	D+23.0
Campbell	4,302 50.8%	3,959 46.7%	209	8,470	D+4.0
Daviess	3,431 50.9%	1,638 24.3%	1,675	6,744	D+26.6
Fayette	3,753 57.4%	2,431 37.2%	352	6,536	D+20.2
Christian	2,324 40.0%	2,868 49.4%	616	5,808	R+9.4
Warren	2,867 54.0%	2,053 38.7%	387	5,307	D+15.3
Henderson	2,278 44.8%	1,746 34.4%	1,057	5,081	D+10.5
Madison	2,565 51.0%	2,312 46.0%	148	5,025	D+5.0
Mason	2,586 55.0%	2,001 42.6%	111	4,698	D+12.5
Logan	2,191 47.8%	1,763 38.4%	633	4,587	D+9.3
Pulaski	1,753 38.3%	2,457 53.7%	369	4,579	R+15.4
Graves	2,563 57.2%	1,028 23.0%	888	4,479	D+34.3
Hopkins	2,014 46.0%	1,726 39.4%	640	4,380	D+6.6
Ohio	1,664 39.0%	1,581 37.1%	1,017	4,262	D+1.9
Barren	2,061 51.4%	1,369 34.2%	577	4,007	D+17.3
Bourbon	2,216 55.9%	1,657 41.8%	94	3,967	D+14.1
Owen	2,579 69.9%	748 20.3%	361	3,688	D+49.6
Franklin	2,186 59.6%	1,231 33.6%	248	3,665	D+26.1
Harrison	2,172 59.3%	1,273 34.7%	219	3,664	D+24.5
Clark	1,958 54.0%	1,599 44.1%	70	3,627	D+9.9
Fleming	1,787 50.4%	1,567 44.2%	190	3,544	D+6.2
Hardin	1,909 54.3%	1,075 30.6%	531	3,515	D+23.7
Shelby	2,122 61.1%	1,169 33.7%	182	3,473	D+27.4
Union	2,275 67.0%	777 22.9%	346	3,398	D+44.1
McCracken	1,735 51.1%	1,195 35.2%	466	3,396	D+15.9
Muhlenberg	1,421 41.9%	1,688 49.8%	280	3,389	R+7.9
Scott	1,999 59.1%	1,201 35.5%	181	3,381	D+23.6
Breckinridge	1,497 45.8%	1,167 35.7%	608	3,272	D+10.1
Lawrence	1,724 53.5%	1,445 44.8%	53	3,222	D+8.7
Todd	1,587 49.8%	1,406 44.1%	193	3,186	D+5.7
Pendleton	1,419 44.8%	1,014 32.0%	737	3,170	D+12.8
Grayson	1,251 39.7%	1,173 37.2%	728	3,152	D+2.5
Boyd	1,537 49.2%	1,526 48.8%	61	3,124	D+0.4
Henry	1,793 58.3%	1,019 33.1%	266	3,078	D+25.1
Nelson	1,858 60.8%	1,025 33.5%	175	3,058	D+27.2
Hart	1,414 47.2%	1,034 34.5%	549	2,997	D+12.7
Webster	1,278 43.1%	839 28.3%	848	2,965	D+14.8
Mercer	1,562 52.7%	1,185 40.0%	215	2,962	D+12.7
Pike	1,534 53.0%	1,333 46.0%	28	2,895	D+6.9
Lincoln	1,473 51.1%	1,175 40.7%	237	2,885	D+10.3
Lewis	1,044 36.4%	1,531 53.4%	294	2,869	R+17.0
Grant	1,591 57.5%	1,034 37.4%	142	2,767	D+20.1
Bath	1,443 53.9%	1,148 42.9%	85	2,676	D+11.0
Bracken	1,472 55.7%	996 37.7%	173	2,641	D+18.0
Crittenden	1,118 42.6%	1,312 50.0%	194	2,624	R+7.4
Montgomery	1,507 57.6%	1,041 39.8%	68	2,616	D+17.8
Boone	2,009 77.4%	545 21.0%	42	2,596	D+56.4
Marion	1,451 57.1%	954 37.5%	138	2,543	D+19.5
Boyle	1,249 50.1%	1,144 45.9%	100	2,493	D+4.2
Washington	1,193 47.9%	1,035 41.5%	263	2,491	D+6.3
Woodford	1,289 51.9%	1,097 44.2%	97	2,483	D+7.7
Calloway	1,581 65.0%	379 15.6%	472	2,432	D+49.4
Caldwell	960 39.6%	1,126 46.4%	339	2,425	R+6.8
Whitley	619 25.6%	1,734 71.7%	64	2,417	R+46.1
Butler	715 29.6%	1,327 54.9%	373	2,415	R+25.3
Carter	983 41.1%	1,319 55.2%	88	2,390	R+14.1
Nicholas	1,312 54.9%	808 33.8%	270	2,390	D+21.1
Allen	1,116 46.8%	989 41.4%	282	2,387	D+5.3
Adair	1,024 43.2%	1,119 47.2%	229	2,372	R+4.0
Casey	1,039 44.0%	1,223 51.8%	97	2,359	R+7.8
Garrard	1,126 48.2%	1,155 49.4%	57	2,338	R+1.2
Trigg	1,088 46.9%	814 35.1%	420	2,322	D+11.8
Greenup	1,109 48.4%	1,143 49.9%	38	2,290	R+1.5
Johnson	785 35.3%	1,340 60.3%	97	2,222	R+25.0
Carroll	1,574 71.8%	542 24.7%	76	2,192	D+47.1
Jessamine	1,042 48.3%	922 42.8%	192	2,156	D+5.6
Simpson	1,166 55.3%	725 34.4%	218	2,109	D+20.9
Knox	668 32.1%	1,305 62.8%	105	2,078	R+30.7
Wayne	931 45.6%	986 48.3%	125	2,042	R+2.7
Morgan	1,125 55.4%	620 30.6%	284	2,029	D+24.9
Monroe	631 31.2%	1,125 55.6%	267	2,023	R+24.4
Laurel	832 41.2%	1,080 53.5%	105	2,017	R+12.3
Marshall	1,081 54.0%	360 18.0%	560	2,001	D+36.0
Anderson	1,142 58.0%	749 38.0%	78	1,969	D+20.0
Hickman	1,155 61.0%	460 24.3%	277	1,892	D+36.7
Green	585 31.3%	734 39.3%	550	1,869	R+8.0
McLean	869 47.1%	534 28.9%	443	1,846	D+18.1
Floyd	1,141 62.3%	634 34.6%	56	1,831	D+27.7
Meade	1,171 65.3%	416 23.2%	205	1,792	D+42.1
Bell	693 39.7%	1,019 58.3%	35	1,747	R+18.7
Hancock	786 45.6%	607 35.2%	332	1,725	D+10.4
Rockcastle	684 40.0%	966 56.5%	60	1,710	R+16.5
Larue	797 47.0%	568 33.5%	332	1,697	D+13.5
Livingston	928 55.6%	550 32.9%	192	1,670	D+22.6
Fulton	1,157 70.2%	383 23.3%	107	1,647	D+47.0
Metcalfe	495 30.1%	756 46.0%	393	1,644	R+15.9
Estill	690 42.2%	752 46.0%	193	1,635	R+3.8
Taylor	653 39.9%	630 38.5%	352	1,635	D+1.4
Magoffin	660 41.6%	844 53.2%	83	1,587	R+11.6
Elliott	1,079 68.7%	453 28.9%	38	1,570	D+39.9
Breathitt	977 62.9%	566 36.4%	11	1,554	D+26.4
Cumberland	584 39.2%	880 59.0%	27	1,491	R+19.9
Trimble	1,149 78.0%	264 17.9%	60	1,473	D+60.1
Russell	646 43.9%	765 52.0%	61	1,472	R+8.1
Ballard	910 64.0%	277 19.5%	234	1,421	D+44.5
Bullitt	862 60.7%	398 28.0%	159	1,419	D+32.7
Carlisle	811 57.2%	223 15.7%	384	1,418	D+41.5
Lyon	727 52.4%	499 36.0%	161	1,387	D+16.4
Clay	401 30.0%	860 64.3%	77	1,338	R+34.3
Oldham	783 62.6%	365 29.2%	102	1,250	D+33.4
Edmonson	491 39.4%	618 49.6%	138	1,247	R+10.2
Spencer	848 68.3%	316 25.4%	78	1,242	D+42.8
Rowan	562 48.0%	564 48.1%	46	1,172	R+0.2
Wolfe	658 57.4%	386 33.7%	102	1,146	D+23.7
Lee	507 46.6%	565 52.0%	15	1,087	R+5.3
Jackson	188 17.6%	868 81.0%	15	1,071	R+63.5
Powell	580 54.6%	446 42.0%	36	1,062	D+12.6
Robertson	567 53.6%	438 41.4%	52	1,057	D+12.2
Gallatin	737 73.8%	237 23.7%	25	999	D+50.1
Harlan	231 24.3%	674 70.9%	45	950	R+46.6
Clinton	250 26.9%	589 63.4%	90	929	R+36.5
Perry	346 37.8%	560 61.1%	10	916	R+23.4
Owsley	229 25.2%	660 72.6%	20	909	R+47.4
Menifee	475 58.8%	258 31.9%	75	808	D+26.9
Knott	566 70.5%	236 29.4%	1	803	D+41.1
Letcher	274 34.7%	513 64.9%	3	790	R+30.3
Martin	229 31.9%	475 66.2%	13	717	R+34.3
Leslie	76 12.5%	528 87.1%	2	606	R+74.6

Counties as they stood in 1892; 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

1892 presidential election in Kentucky

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