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Election 1916 Results

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1916 presidential election in Kentucky

Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) beat Charles Evans Hughes (Republican) in Kentucky in 1916, 51.9% to 46.5%, a margin of 5.4 points and 28,136 votes.

Kentucky voted 2.3 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+3.1.

The Democratic hold continued from 1912, when Woodrow Wilson also won.

Democrats led in 72 of the 120 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 47. The largest, Jefferson, cast 58,419 votes and went to the Democrat by 0.8 points. The closest was Greenup, 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
Woodrow Wilson won	Democratic	269,990	51.9%
Charles Evans Hughes	Republican	241,854	46.5%
All other candidates		8,234	1.6%
Total		520,078

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Jefferson	28,840 49.4%	28,386 48.6%	1,193	58,419	D+0.8
Kenton	10,402 64.2%	5,267 32.5%	542	16,211	D+31.7
Campbell	7,290 53.6%	5,696 41.9%	622	13,608	D+11.7
Fayette	6,348 53.3%	5,472 45.9%	95	11,915	D+7.4
Daviess	5,396 56.3%	4,078 42.6%	105	9,579	D+13.8
Christian	3,644 43.7%	4,594 55.1%	99	8,337	R+11.4
Pike	3,414 44.3%	4,212 54.7%	77	7,703	R+10.4
McCracken	4,356 56.8%	3,058 39.9%	258	7,672	D+16.9
Hopkins	3,757 50.0%	3,615 48.1%	137	7,509	D+1.9
Warren	4,228 57.9%	3,002 41.1%	75	7,305	D+16.8
Graves	5,197 71.4%	1,930 26.5%	155	7,282	D+44.9
Pulaski	2,531 37.5%	4,136 61.3%	78	6,745	R+23.8
Muhlenberg	2,900 43.9%	3,533 53.5%	173	6,606	R+9.6
Madison	3,295 51.9%	3,017 47.5%	35	6,347	D+4.4
Ohio	2,723 43.8%	3,286 52.8%	209	6,218	R+9.1
Henderson	3,699 60.7%	2,218 36.4%	179	6,096	D+24.3
Logan	3,373 56.7%	2,501 42.0%	77	5,951	D+14.7
Barren	3,370 57.2%	2,462 41.8%	58	5,890	D+15.4
Boyd	2,738 47.6%	2,883 50.1%	130	5,751	R+2.5
Hardin	3,272 63.0%	1,887 36.4%	31	5,190	D+26.7
Whitley	1,171 22.8%	3,919 76.2%	54	5,144	R+53.4
Mason	2,820 56.4%	2,127 42.5%	53	5,000	D+13.9
Bourbon	2,715 55.2%	2,167 44.0%	38	4,920	D+11.1
Carter	1,954 40.5%	2,818 58.5%	48	4,820	R+17.9
Shelby	2,919 60.7%	1,863 38.8%	25	4,807	D+22.0
Franklin	3,345 69.6%	1,426 29.7%	33	4,804	D+39.9
Webster	2,673 55.7%	2,082 43.3%	48	4,803	D+12.3
Breckinridge	2,172 45.3%	2,549 53.2%	72	4,793	R+7.9
Bell	1,373 28.8%	3,321 69.6%	76	4,770	R+40.8
Calloway	3,334 73.8%	1,026 22.7%	156	4,516	D+51.1
Clark	2,620 59.7%	1,731 39.4%	37	4,388	D+20.3
Knox	1,126 25.8%	3,192 73.1%	47	4,365	R+47.3
Grayson	1,953 44.8%	2,368 54.3%	43	4,364	R+9.5
Harrison	2,778 65.4%	1,409 33.2%	59	4,246	D+32.2
Nelson	2,639 62.5%	1,546 36.6%	37	4,222	D+25.9
Lincoln	2,212 53.2%	1,868 44.9%	81	4,161	D+8.3
Hart	2,048 49.5%	2,031 49.1%	59	4,138	D+0.4
Scott	2,611 63.2%	1,486 36.0%	34	4,131	D+27.2
Fleming	2,240 54.4%	1,836 44.6%	44	4,120	D+9.8
Floyd	2,217 54.5%	1,823 44.8%	31	4,071	D+9.7
Union	2,754 69.0%	1,184 29.7%	55	3,993	D+39.3
Henry	2,595 66.1%	1,302 33.2%	30	3,927	D+32.9
Lawrence	1,910 49.2%	1,928 49.7%	44	3,882	R+0.5
Allen	1,647 43.0%	2,147 56.0%	38	3,832	R+13.0
Johnson	1,253 32.8%	2,500 65.4%	67	3,820	R+32.6
Todd	2,051 54.2%	1,671 44.2%	61	3,783	D+10.0
Greenup	1,820 48.3%	1,821 48.3%	128	3,769	level
Lewis	1,276 34.3%	2,324 62.6%	115	3,715	R+28.2
Breathitt	2,067 56.2%	1,584 43.1%	27	3,678	D+13.1
Mercer	2,093 57.1%	1,531 41.8%	40	3,664	D+15.3
Laurel	1,171 32.0%	2,383 65.2%	102	3,656	R+33.2
Butler	1,158 31.7%	2,456 67.3%	34	3,648	R+35.6
Owen	2,911 80.7%	663 18.4%	35	3,609	D+62.3
Boyle	2,052 57.4%	1,494 41.8%	26	3,572	D+15.6
Adair	1,675 47.1%	1,863 52.4%	16	3,554	R+5.3
Marshall	2,263 64.1%	1,201 34.0%	68	3,532	D+30.1
Marion	2,063 59.3%	1,396 40.1%	18	3,477	D+19.2
Morgan	2,319 66.8%	1,123 32.4%	28	3,470	D+34.5
Harlan	690 20.1%	2,670 77.7%	76	3,436	R+57.6
Letcher	1,121 33.3%	2,220 66.0%	25	3,366	R+32.7
Casey	1,352 40.4%	1,949 58.2%	46	3,347	R+17.8
Caldwell	1,605 48.0%	1,672 50.0%	69	3,346	R+2.0
Trigg	1,722 51.6%	1,533 46.0%	81	3,336	D+5.7
Washington	1,654 49.8%	1,654 49.8%	15	3,323	level
Crittenden	1,455 44.1%	1,794 54.4%	47	3,296	R+10.3
Perry	904 28.2%	2,217 69.2%	83	3,204	R+41.0
Bath	1,796 56.4%	1,360 42.7%	26	3,182	D+13.7
Jessamine	1,727 55.4%	1,326 42.5%	65	3,118	D+12.9
Woodford	1,786 57.5%	1,300 41.9%	20	3,106	D+15.6
Clay	820 26.4%	2,271 73.2%	12	3,103	R+46.8
McLean	1,589 51.4%	1,439 46.5%	65	3,093	D+4.8
Wayne	1,373 45.2%	1,638 53.9%	26	3,037	R+8.7
Garrard	1,375 45.4%	1,628 53.8%	25	3,028	R+8.4
Ballard	2,222 73.9%	692 23.0%	91	3,005	D+50.9
Magoffin	1,433 47.8%	1,535 51.1%	33	3,001	R+3.4
Fulton	2,200 73.4%	747 24.9%	49	2,996	D+48.5
Pendleton	1,728 58.1%	1,206 40.5%	42	2,976	D+17.5
Grant	1,841 62.2%	1,078 36.4%	40	2,959	D+25.8
Montgomery	1,705 58.3%	1,195 40.8%	26	2,926	D+17.4
Rockcastle	968 33.2%	1,932 66.2%	17	2,917	R+33.0
Monroe	882 30.4%	2,008 69.2%	11	2,901	R+38.8
Simpson	1,887 66.0%	955 33.4%	16	2,858	D+32.6
Nicholas	1,829 64.6%	964 34.1%	38	2,831	D+30.6
Bracken	1,676 59.3%	1,082 38.3%	67	2,825	D+21.0
Estill	1,180 43.3%	1,524 55.9%	24	2,728	R+12.6
Taylor	1,360 50.1%	1,332 49.0%	24	2,716	D+1.0
Green	1,239 46.4%	1,412 52.9%	20	2,671	R+6.5
Anderson	1,521 58.2%	1,065 40.7%	28	2,614	D+17.4
Hickman	1,982 77.4%	539 21.1%	39	2,560	D+56.4
Boone	2,008 78.8%	531 20.8%	9	2,548	D+58.0
Bullitt	1,508 64.4%	826 35.3%	8	2,342	D+29.1
Carroll	1,757 76.0%	535 23.2%	19	2,311	D+52.9
Livingston	1,287 55.8%	923 40.0%	98	2,308	D+15.8
Larue	1,350 58.7%	936 40.7%	15	2,301	D+18.0
Edmonson	935 40.7%	1,339 58.3%	23	2,297	R+17.6
Jackson	252 11.3%	1,968 87.9%	19	2,239	R+76.6
Metcalfe	1,046 46.8%	1,170 52.3%	21	2,237	R+5.5
Russell	859 39.3%	1,298 59.4%	29	2,186	R+20.1
Carlisle	1,646 75.3%	494 22.6%	45	2,185	D+52.7
Meade	1,317 60.8%	803 37.1%	45	2,165	D+23.7
Oldham	1,455 68.7%	642 30.3%	21	2,118	D+38.4
Cumberland	653 31.7%	1,394 67.6%	15	2,062	R+35.9
Knott	1,454 71.6%	571 28.1%	6	2,031	D+43.5
McCreary	324 16.3%	1,630 82.2%	29	1,983	R+65.9
Lyon	1,191 60.6%	748 38.1%	26	1,965	D+22.5
Lee	793 40.8%	1,135 58.4%	17	1,945	R+17.6
Spencer	1,271 68.0%	591 31.6%	7	1,869	D+36.4
Rowan	881 47.9%	941 51.2%	17	1,839	R+3.3
Hancock	833 46.3%	918 51.0%	48	1,799	R+4.7
Wolfe	1,108 63.0%	645 36.7%	6	1,759	D+26.3
Elliott	1,151 68.2%	525 31.1%	11	1,687	D+37.1
Leslie	133 8.0%	1,516 91.5%	7	1,656	R+83.5
Clinton	379 22.9%	1,260 76.2%	14	1,653	R+53.3
Trimble	1,319 82.2%	259 16.1%	27	1,605	D+66.0
Martin	280 19.6%	1,100 77.1%	46	1,426	R+57.5
Owsley	197 14.3%	1,173 84.9%	12	1,382	R+70.6
Gallatin	1,060 78.6%	283 21.0%	6	1,349	D+57.6
Powell	757 56.3%	587 43.7%		1,344	D+12.6
Menifee	730 66.3%	369 33.5%	2	1,101	D+32.8
Robertson	663 61.2%	415 38.3%	5	1,083	D+22.9

Counties as they stood in 1916; 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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