Kentucky

Kentucky entered the Union in June 1792, the second state to join after the original 13 colonies. A border state, Kentucky remained in the Union during the Civil War, yet joined most other southern states in voting almost exclusively Democratic from that era through World War II. Since the 1950s, Kentucky has been reliably Republican, although its voters have been willing to vote Democratic when a southern governor has run – the state voted for Jimmy Carter in 1976 and for Bill Clinton in both 1992 and 1996. In 2020, Donald Trump defeated Joe Biden 62% to 36%.

ELECTORAL VOTES

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2024 ELECTION

Safe Republican
2024 Kentucky Polls

Recent Presidential Elections

2020
36.2% 62.1%
2016
32.7% 62.5%
2012
37.8% 60.5%
2008
41.2% 57.4%
2004
39.7% 59.6%
2000
41.4% 56.5%
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Presidential Voting History

State voted with the overall winning candidate

1976
D
1980
R
1984
R
1988
R
1992
D
1996
D
2000
R
2004
R
2008
R
2012
R
2016
R
2020
R

Electoral College Votes

Federalist
Democratic-Republican
Democratic
National Republican
Whig
Constitutional Union
Republican

Colored bars represent electoral votes by party. Tap or hover to see names.

Gray indicates available electoral votes that were either not cast or cast for a candidate not on the ballot.

U.S. Senate Voting History

Class 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
2
R
R
R
R
R
R
3
D
D
R
R
R
R
R

Data: MIT Election Data and Science Lab / Harvard Dataverse through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

There are three classes of Senators; one is up for election every second year. Each state has one Senator in two of the three classes.

U.S. House Voting History

District 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
1
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
2
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
3
D
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
4
R
R
R
R
R
R
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
5
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
6
R
R
R
D
D
D
R
R
R
D
D
D
D
R
R
R
R
R
R
7
D
D
D

Data: The Princeton Gerrymandering Project through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.

Vertical lines before 1992, 2002, 2012, and 2022 show Census-related redistricting breakpoints. Geographic borders associated with district numbers may have changed.

The state had an additional redistricting before 1996. Same caution about borders applies.

Governor Voting History

1975
D
1979
D
1983
D
1987
D
1991
D
1995
D
1999
D
2003
R
2007
D
2011
D
2015
R
2019
D

Data: Wikipedia through 2018; 270toWin research. These are general election results for the years listed. Special elections, if any, are excluded.