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Election 1896 Results

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1896 presidential election in Kentucky

William McKinley (Republican) beat William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) in Kentucky in 1896, 48.93% to 48.86%, a margin of 0.06 points and 277 votes.

Kentucky voted 4.3 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was R+4.3.

Kentucky changed party: in 1892 it went Democratic, for Grover Cleveland.

Democrats led in 65 of the 119 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 54. The largest, Jefferson, cast 47,272 votes and went to the Republican by 26.2 points. The closest was Crittenden, 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
William McKinley won	Republican	218,171	48.9%
William Jennings Bryan	Democratic	217,894	48.9%
All other candidates		9,863	2.2%
Total		445,928

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	16,707 35.3%	29,107 61.6%	1,458	47,272	R+26.2
Kenton	7,008 52.6%	6,165 46.3%	149	13,322	D+6.3
Campbell	4,304 41.9%	5,821 56.7%	138	10,263	R+14.8
Fayette	3,938 42.5%	5,143 55.5%	179	9,260	R+13.0
Daviess	4,952 59.5%	3,105 37.3%	271	8,328	D+22.2
Christian	3,145 40.2%	4,525 57.9%	149	7,819	R+17.6
Henderson	4,004 58.3%	2,750 40.0%	113	6,867	D+18.3
Warren	3,716 54.4%	2,866 42.0%	248	6,830	D+12.4
Graves	4,699 72.6%	1,628 25.1%	147	6,474	D+47.4
Hopkins	3,470 57.3%	2,490 41.1%	92	6,052	D+16.2
Madison	2,756 46.0%	3,100 51.7%	141	5,997	R+5.7
Logan	3,266 55.3%	2,484 42.1%	152	5,902	D+13.2
Pulaski	2,099 35.8%	3,668 62.5%	104	5,871	R+26.7
Ohio	2,679 48.6%	2,653 48.2%	177	5,509	D+0.5
McCracken	2,955 55.1%	2,284 42.6%	120	5,359	D+12.5
Mason	2,698 50.5%	2,575 48.2%	74	5,347	D+2.3
Barren	3,006 57.8%	2,092 40.3%	99	5,197	D+17.6
Bourbon	2,210 45.2%	2,578 52.8%	98	4,886	R+7.5
Hardin	2,848 58.4%	1,885 38.7%	140	4,873	D+19.8
Franklin	2,465 51.9%	2,175 45.8%	112	4,752	D+6.1
Shelby	2,524 53.4%	2,029 42.9%	174	4,727	D+10.5
Breckinridge	2,202 48.2%	2,274 49.8%	94	4,570	R+1.6
Owen	3,373 74.3%	1,086 23.9%	78	4,537	D+50.4
Union	3,183 70.2%	1,249 27.6%	101	4,533	D+42.7
Harrison	2,690 59.4%	1,705 37.7%	132	4,527	D+21.8
Scott	2,237 49.9%	2,111 47.1%	133	4,481	D+2.8
Clark	2,055 48.7%	2,032 48.2%	131	4,218	D+0.5
Carter	1,665 39.9%	2,440 58.5%	69	4,174	R+18.6
Pike	1,900 46.6%	2,141 52.6%	32	4,073	R+5.9
Whitley	862 21.2%	3,130 77.0%	72	4,064	R+55.8
Fleming	2,013 49.9%	1,935 48.0%	86	4,034	D+1.9
Hart	1,951 48.4%	1,999 49.6%	81	4,031	R+1.2
Muhlenberg	1,700 42.3%	2,217 55.2%	99	4,016	R+12.9
Webster	2,471 61.9%	1,484 37.2%	39	3,994	D+24.7
Henry	2,115 53.4%	1,711 43.2%	131	3,957	D+10.2
Grayson	2,002 51.0%	1,874 47.7%	50	3,926	D+3.3
Lewis	1,433 37.4%	2,348 61.3%	50	3,831	R+23.9
Lawrence	1,820 47.6%	1,966 51.4%	40	3,826	R+3.8
Nelson	2,223 59.4%	1,446 38.7%	71	3,740	D+20.8
Mercer	1,745 47.8%	1,765 48.3%	142	3,652	R+0.5
Lincoln	1,628 44.7%	1,833 50.3%	185	3,646	R+5.6
Todd	1,707 46.9%	1,793 49.3%	140	3,640	R+2.4
Pendleton	1,939 54.0%	1,585 44.1%	69	3,593	D+9.9
Marion	1,873 53.5%	1,575 45.0%	50	3,498	D+8.5
Bath	1,791 52.2%	1,579 46.0%	64	3,434	D+6.2
Boyd	1,241 36.4%	2,087 61.3%	79	3,407	R+24.8
Grant	1,852 55.4%	1,417 42.4%	72	3,341	D+13.0
Woodford	1,546 47.0%	1,665 50.6%	77	3,288	R+3.6
Greenup	1,369 42.3%	1,802 55.7%	67	3,238	R+13.4
Calloway	2,572 79.7%	561 17.4%	94	3,227	D+62.3
Washington	1,536 48.3%	1,573 49.5%	68	3,177	R+1.2
Crittenden	1,576 49.7%	1,574 49.6%	24	3,174	D+0.1
Boone	2,317 73.6%	781 24.8%	48	3,146	D+48.8
Montgomery	1,624 51.8%	1,484 47.3%	28	3,136	D+4.5
Knox	833 26.8%	2,237 71.9%	40	3,110	R+45.1
Caldwell	1,530 49.2%	1,544 49.7%	35	3,109	R+0.5
Nicholas	1,878 60.4%	1,159 37.3%	72	3,109	D+23.1
Butler	1,139 36.7%	1,907 61.5%	55	3,101	R+24.8
Allen	1,460 47.1%	1,595 51.5%	45	3,100	R+4.4
Bracken	1,762 57.8%	1,226 40.2%	61	3,049	D+17.6
Adair	1,345 44.6%	1,612 53.4%	62	3,019	R+8.8
Boyle	1,206 40.2%	1,687 56.3%	106	2,999	R+16.0
Trigg	1,633 54.8%	1,295 43.4%	53	2,981	D+11.3
Laurel	969 32.5%	1,921 64.5%	89	2,979	R+32.0
Jessamine	1,428 49.5%	1,343 46.5%	115	2,886	D+2.9
Garrard	1,171 40.8%	1,595 55.6%	102	2,868	R+14.8
Johnson	975 34.8%	1,794 64.1%	31	2,800	R+29.3
Casey	1,061 38.4%	1,643 59.5%	59	2,763	R+21.1
Hickman	1,928 70.4%	727 26.5%	85	2,740	D+43.8
Wayne	1,190 45.0%	1,413 53.4%	41	2,644	R+8.4
Morgan	1,642 63.6%	910 35.3%	28	2,580	D+28.4
Marshall	1,926 75.3%	568 22.2%	63	2,557	D+53.1
Green	1,142 44.7%	1,389 54.4%	24	2,555	R+9.7
Bell	615 24.1%	1,900 74.5%	34	2,549	R+50.4
Carroll	1,778 70.6%	685 27.2%	56	2,519	D+43.4
Simpson	1,531 60.8%	888 35.3%	99	2,518	D+25.5
Anderson	1,286 51.5%	1,151 46.1%	62	2,499	D+5.4
Floyd	1,410 56.7%	1,057 42.5%	20	2,487	D+14.2
Clay	707 28.7%	1,725 70.0%	33	2,465	R+41.3
Monroe	794 32.6%	1,613 66.2%	31	2,438	R+33.6
McLean	1,389 57.9%	935 39.0%	75	2,399	D+18.9
Rockcastle	846 35.8%	1,480 62.6%	37	2,363	R+26.8
Meade	1,519 64.9%	781 33.3%	42	2,342	D+31.5
Larue	1,324 57.5%	955 41.5%	23	2,302	D+16.0
Livingston	1,346 59.3%	872 38.4%	52	2,270	D+20.9
Taylor	1,166 51.8%	1,050 46.6%	37	2,253	D+5.1
Ballard	1,670 75.6%	495 22.4%	44	2,209	D+53.2
Hancock	1,080 50.6%	1,026 48.1%	28	2,134	D+2.5
Metcalfe	908 42.7%	1,153 54.2%	66	2,127	R+11.5
Fulton	1,414 67.3%	603 28.7%	84	2,101	D+38.6
Estill	929 44.3%	1,153 55.0%	13	2,095	R+10.7
Carlisle	1,624 77.8%	390 18.7%	74	2,088	D+59.1
Bullitt	1,168 57.0%	799 39.0%	81	2,048	D+18.0
Magoffin	833 41.7%	1,148 57.5%	17	1,998	R+15.8
Breathitt	1,204 60.4%	776 38.9%	14	1,994	D+21.5
Elliott	1,294 68.5%	577 30.6%	17	1,888	D+38.0
Edmonson	863 47.0%	952 51.9%	20	1,835	R+4.9
Cumberland	621 34.6%	1,154 64.3%	21	1,796	R+29.7
Lyon	969 54.4%	763 42.8%	49	1,781	D+11.6
Trimble	1,267 72.5%	418 23.9%	62	1,747	D+48.6
Jackson	189 10.9%	1,517 87.8%	22	1,728	R+76.9
Oldham	946 55.4%	691 40.5%	70	1,707	D+14.9
Russell	612 35.9%	1,038 61.0%	53	1,703	R+25.0
Spencer	969 60.5%	596 37.2%	36	1,601	D+23.3
Wolfe	981 61.7%	583 36.7%	25	1,589	D+25.0
Lee	587 39.4%	881 59.1%	23	1,491	R+19.7
Rowan	650 44.9%	767 53.0%	30	1,447	R+8.1
Harlan	216 15.1%	1,189 83.1%	25	1,430	R+68.0
Clinton	360 26.0%	1,004 72.4%	22	1,386	R+46.5
Gallatin	933 69.4%	396 29.4%	16	1,345	D+39.9
Powell	688 51.3%	625 46.6%	28	1,341	D+4.7
Letcher	388 31.8%	813 66.6%	20	1,221	R+34.8
Knott	795 65.9%	404 33.5%	7	1,206	D+32.4
Owsley	197 16.5%	983 82.1%	17	1,197	R+65.7
Perry	340 28.4%	824 68.8%	33	1,197	R+40.4
Robertson	666 58.6%	449 39.5%	22	1,137	D+19.1
Menifee	636 63.0%	359 35.6%	14	1,009	D+27.5
Leslie	81 8.1%	913 91.4%	5	999	R+83.3
Martin	227 23.5%	730 75.7%	7	964	R+52.2

Counties as they stood in 1896; 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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