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Election 1912 Results

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1912 presidential election in Kentucky

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat William Howard Taft (Republican) in Kentucky in 1912, 48.5% to 25.5%, a margin of 23.0 points and 103,974 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1908, when William Jennings Bryan won.

Democrats led in 88 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 17 and other candidates in 15. The largest, Jefferson, cast 52,676 votes and went to the other candidates by 1.8 points. The closest was Greenup, where 4 votes separated the top two.

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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
Woodrow Wilson won	Democratic	219,484	48.5%
William Howard Taft	Republican	115,510	25.5%
Theodore Roosevelt	Progressive	101,766	22.5%
All other candidates		15,954	3.5%
Total		452,714

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	24,100 45.8%	3,519 6.7%	25,057	52,676	Others
Kenton	7,761 55.6%	2,512 18.0%	3,681	13,954	D+37.6
Campbell	4,687 42.3%	2,276 20.6%	4,110	11,073	D+21.8
Fayette	5,268 48.8%	4,060 37.6%	1,474	10,802	D+11.2
Daviess	4,314 55.0%	1,506 19.2%	2,021	7,841	D+35.8
Christian	2,784 38.5%	3,520 48.6%	936	7,240	R+10.2
Warren	3,447 51.6%	1,342 20.1%	1,887	6,676	D+31.5
Hopkins	3,147 47.9%	1,357 20.6%	2,068	6,572	D+27.2
Pike	2,583 41.5%	2,777 44.6%	865	6,225	R+3.1
Madison	2,992 49.2%	2,094 34.4%	997	6,083	D+14.8
Ohio	2,563 42.9%	1,150 19.3%	2,255	5,968	D+23.7
Graves	3,838 65.3%	863 14.7%	1,173	5,874	D+50.6
McCracken	2,948 50.6%	1,308 22.4%	1,571	5,827	D+28.1
Pulaski	1,980 34.7%	1,731 30.3%	1,998	5,709	Others
Muhlenberg	2,093 37.0%	1,038 18.3%	2,526	5,657	Others
Henderson	3,098 56.8%	1,157 21.2%	1,202	5,457	D+35.6
Barren	2,993 55.5%	1,563 29.0%	837	5,393	D+26.5
Logan	2,697 53.7%	1,632 32.5%	692	5,021	D+21.2
Hardin	2,656 57.2%	632 13.6%	1,355	4,643	D+43.6
Mason	2,475 53.4%	1,558 33.6%	601	4,634	D+19.8
Bourbon	2,362 51.4%	1,744 38.0%	486	4,592	D+13.5
Boyd	1,772 38.9%	1,271 27.9%	1,518	4,561	D+11.0
Breckinridge	1,967 43.2%	1,163 25.6%	1,419	4,549	D+17.7
Franklin	2,980 67.7%	783 17.8%	637	4,400	D+49.9
Shelby	2,487 58.2%	1,129 26.4%	659	4,275	D+31.8
Carter	1,506 36.4%	1,174 28.4%	1,460	4,140	D+8.0
Whitley	998 24.4%	905 22.1%	2,194	4,097	Others
Clark	2,321 57.1%	1,056 26.0%	690	4,067	D+31.1
Bell	970 24.1%	1,183 29.4%	1,870	4,023	Others
Harrison	2,514 62.6%	1,193 29.7%	309	4,016	D+32.9
Grayson	1,685 42.1%	1,075 26.9%	1,243	4,003	D+15.2
Webster	2,168 55.0%	1,096 27.8%	678	3,942	D+27.2
Scott	2,361 60.0%	1,047 26.6%	527	3,935	D+33.4
Fleming	1,915 49.7%	1,400 36.3%	538	3,853	D+13.4
Lincoln	1,863 48.7%	842 22.0%	1,118	3,823	D+26.7
Nelson	2,275 59.9%	751 19.8%	774	3,800	D+40.1
Hart	1,674 45.0%	592 15.9%	1,458	3,724	D+29.1
Knox	888 24.0%	1,391 37.5%	1,427	3,706	Others
Calloway	2,380 65.4%	628 17.3%	629	3,637	D+48.2
Lawrence	1,648 45.4%	1,280 35.3%	701	3,629	D+10.1
Henry	2,274 63.1%	805 22.3%	524	3,603	D+40.8
Lewis	1,017 29.3%	1,185 34.1%	1,273	3,475	Others
Johnson	1,034 30.2%	998 29.2%	1,387	3,419	Others
Allen	1,366 40.6%	1,181 35.1%	819	3,366	D+5.5
Union	2,168 64.5%	642 19.1%	552	3,362	D+45.4
Marion	1,848 55.1%	735 21.9%	768	3,351	D+33.2
Laurel	1,094 32.7%	1,085 32.4%	1,165	3,344	Others
Mercer	1,792 54.0%	887 26.7%	641	3,320	D+27.3
Greenup	1,172 35.8%	923 28.2%	1,176	3,271	Others
Boyle	1,798 55.1%	701 21.5%	765	3,264	D+33.6
Adair	1,398 43.2%	786 24.3%	1,052	3,236	D+18.9
Owen	2,460 77.2%	430 13.5%	296	3,186	D+63.7
Todd	1,482 46.6%	1,435 45.1%	266	3,183	D+1.5
Butler	879 28.8%	1,070 35.1%	1,102	3,051	Others
Floyd	1,553 51.1%	961 31.6%	524	3,038	D+19.5
Crittenden	1,230 40.7%	1,367 45.2%	426	3,023	R+4.5
Breathitt	1,682 56.0%	910 30.3%	414	3,006	D+25.7
Caldwell	1,231 41.3%	1,263 42.4%	488	2,982	R+1.1
Washington	1,288 43.6%	723 24.5%	940	2,951	D+19.1
Morgan	1,800 61.3%	876 29.8%	261	2,937	D+31.5
Casey	1,158 39.7%	902 30.9%	858	2,918	D+8.8
Jessamine	1,506 52.2%	895 31.0%	486	2,887	D+21.2
Trigg	1,263 44.2%	1,322 46.3%	273	2,858	R+2.1
Wayne	1,329 46.5%	1,170 41.0%	358	2,857	D+5.6
Marshall	1,675 59.3%	634 22.5%	514	2,823	D+36.9
Woodford	1,561 55.5%	779 27.7%	471	2,811	D+27.8
Montgomery	1,615 57.5%	758 27.0%	436	2,809	D+30.5
Garrard	1,232 44.1%	481 17.2%	1,082	2,795	D+26.9
Bath	1,477 53.1%	1,002 36.1%	300	2,779	D+17.1
Ballard	1,706 62.7%	555 20.4%	461	2,722	D+42.3
McLean	1,304 49.0%	822 30.9%	534	2,660	D+18.1
Nicholas	1,611 60.9%	700 26.4%	336	2,647	D+34.4
Simpson	1,639 62.5%	547 20.9%	435	2,621	D+41.7
Grant	1,562 59.9%	837 32.1%	210	2,609	D+27.8
Monroe	806 31.3%	1,072 41.6%	700	2,578	R+10.3
Pendleton	1,310 51.6%	746 29.4%	484	2,540	D+22.2
Rockcastle	859 34.0%	1,082 42.8%	585	2,526	R+8.8
Taylor	1,150 45.6%	468 18.5%	906	2,524	D+27.0
Green	1,117 44.6%	687 27.4%	700	2,504	D+17.2
Anderson	1,391 57.2%	579 23.8%	463	2,433	D+33.4
Bracken	1,315 55.0%	693 29.0%	385	2,393	D+26.0
Magoffin	891 38.4%	1,004 43.3%	424	2,319	R+4.9
Boone	1,738 75.7%	371 16.2%	186	2,295	D+59.6
Fulton	1,609 70.1%	520 22.7%	165	2,294	D+47.5
Clay	625 27.6%	1,034 45.7%	603	2,262	R+18.1
Larue	1,265 56.0%	390 17.3%	604	2,259	D+38.7
Estill	875 40.9%	869 40.6%	396	2,140	D+0.3
Carroll	1,573 73.9%	317 14.9%	238	2,128	D+59.0
Livingston	1,009 48.1%	732 34.9%	358	2,099	D+13.2
Edmonson	799 38.2%	736 35.2%	557	2,092	D+3.0
Hickman	1,540 74.3%	365 17.6%	169	2,074	D+56.7
Meade	1,145 56.0%	337 16.5%	562	2,044	D+39.5
Metcalfe	887 43.6%	482 23.7%	665	2,034	D+19.9
Bullitt	1,299 64.6%	209 10.4%	504	2,012	D+54.2
Carlisle	1,409 71.3%	331 16.7%	237	1,977	D+54.5
Letcher	611 31.0%	978 49.6%	383	1,972	R+18.6
Russell	713 38.8%	785 42.7%	341	1,839	R+3.9
Lyon	996 55.3%	568 31.5%	238	1,802	D+23.8
Harlan	345 19.2%	612 34.1%	839	1,796	Others
Hancock	757 42.3%	268 15.0%	764	1,789	Others
Oldham	1,159 65.2%	261 14.7%	358	1,778	D+50.5
Cumberland	577 33.4%	972 56.3%	179	1,728	R+22.9
Lee	728 42.4%	570 33.2%	418	1,716	D+9.2
Perry	560 32.9%	1,023 60.0%	121	1,704	R+27.2
Jackson	216 12.7%	577 34.0%	902	1,695	Others
Rowan	737 44.3%	417 25.1%	509	1,663	D+19.2
Knott	1,114 68.0%	387 23.6%	137	1,638	D+44.4
Spencer	1,052 66.0%	271 17.0%	270	1,593	D+49.0
Elliott	1,006 65.3%	396 25.7%	139	1,541	D+39.6
Wolfe	873 57.1%	395 25.8%	262	1,530	D+31.2
Trimble	1,183 78.2%	163 10.8%	166	1,512	D+67.5
Owsley	221 17.1%	711 55.0%	361	1,293	R+37.9
Clinton	310 24.3%	828 64.8%	140	1,278	R+40.5
McCreary	225 18.1%	411 33.0%	609	1,245	Others
Martin	256 20.7%	655 53.0%	326	1,237	R+32.3
Powell	647 53.9%	381 31.7%	173	1,201	D+22.1
Gallatin	906 75.8%	174 14.5%	116	1,196	D+61.2
Leslie	105 9.2%	606 52.8%	436	1,147	R+43.7
Menifee	643 62.1%	254 24.5%	138	1,035	D+37.6
Robertson	570 57.1%	158 15.8%	270	998	D+41.3

Counties as they stood in 1912; 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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