Woodrow Wilson carried Kentucky D+23.2.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs William Howard Taft (R) in Kentucky, 1912. The state ran 3.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+19.5 nationally).

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · William Howard Taft (R) · Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)

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Kentucky result

448,330 votes counted

Wilson (D)

219,584

49.0%

Taft (R)

115,516

25.8%

Roosevelt + others

113,230

25.3%

Margin

D+23.2

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1912 presidential election

Kentucky, 1912

WilsonD+23.2

How it voted

Share of the 1912 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	49.0%	219,584
William H. TaftRepublican	25.8%	115,516
Theodore RooseveltProgressive	25.3%	113,230

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1912 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1912 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1912

120 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	D	+19.0%	1,398	786	3,217
Allen County	D	+5.4%	1,366	1,186	3,325
Anderson County	D	+33.9%	1,391	579	2,397
Ballard County	D	+44.7%	1,706	555	2,577
Barren County	D	+26.8%	2,993	1,563	5,335
Bath County	D	+17.2%	1,477	1,002	2,757
Bell County	O	−5.4%	970	1,183	3,978
Boone County	D	+59.9%	1,738	371	2,283
Bourbon County	D	+13.6%	2,362	1,744	4,551
Boyd County	D	+11.1%	1,772	1,271	4,521
Boyle County	D	+33.8%	1,798	701	3,247
Bracken County	D	+26.2%	1,315	693	2,375
Breathitt County	D	+25.7%	1,682	910	2,999
Breckinridge County	D	+17.9%	1,967	1,163	4,489
Bullitt County	D	+54.6%	1,299	209	1,995
Butler County	R	−6.4%	879	1,070	2,990
Caldwell County	R	−1.1%	1,231	1,263	2,964
Calloway County	D	+48.8%	2,380	628	3,591
Campbell County	D	+22.1%	4,687	2,276	10,900
Carlisle County	D	+55.5%	1,409	331	1,942
Carroll County	D	+59.8%	1,573	317	2,101
Carter County	D	+8.1%	1,506	1,174	4,099
Casey County	D	+8.9%	1,158	902	2,888
Christian County	R	−10.2%	2,784	3,520	7,189
Clark County	D	+31.2%	2,321	1,056	4,050
Clay County	R	−18.2%	625	1,034	2,253
Clinton County	R	−40.8%	310	828	1,269
Crittenden County	R	−4.6%	1,230	1,367	3,003
Cumberland County	R	−23.1%	577	972	1,708
Daviess County	D	+36.3%	4,314	1,506	7,742
Edmonson County	D	+3.0%	799	736	2,080
Elliott County	D	+39.6%	1,006	396	1,541
Estill County	D	+0.3%	875	869	2,115
Fayette County	D	+11.2%	5,268	4,060	10,742
Fleming County	D	+13.5%	1,915	1,400	3,807
Floyd County	D	+19.6%	1,553	961	3,028
Franklin County	D	+50.1%	2,980	783	4,387
Fulton County	D	+47.8%	1,609	520	2,279
Gallatin County	D	+61.3%	906	174	1,194
Garrard County	D	+27.1%	1,232	481	2,775
Grant County	D	+28.1%	1,562	837	2,581
Graves County	D	+52.6%	3,838	862	5,657
Grayson County	D	+15.4%	1,685	1,075	3,964
Green County	D	+17.3%	1,117	687	2,483
Greenup County	D	+7.7%	1,172	923	3,227
Hancock County	D	+27.8%	757	268	1,760
Hardin County	D	+43.8%	2,656	632	4,618
Harlan County	O	−14.9%	345	612	1,788
Harrison County	D	+33.2%	2,514	1,193	3,974
Hart County	D	+29.3%	1,674	592	3,697
Henderson County	D	+36.1%	3,098	1,157	5,380
Henry County	D	+41.1%	2,274	805	3,575
Hickman County	D	+56.8%	1,540	365	2,067
Hopkins County	D	+27.5%	3,147	1,357	6,502
Jackson County	O	−21.4%	216	577	1,690
Jefferson County	O	+39.3%	24,100	3,519	52,305
Jessamine County	D	+21.7%	1,506	895	2,822
Johnson County	O	+1.1%	1,034	998	3,394
Kenton County	D	+38.2%	7,761	2,512	13,755
Knott County	D	+44.6%	1,114	387	1,630
Knox County	R	−14.1%	888	1,391	3,565
Larue County	D	+39.0%	1,265	390	2,245
Laurel County	O	+0.3%	1,094	1,085	3,322
Lawrence County	D	+10.2%	1,648	1,280	3,608
Lee County	D	+9.3%	728	570	1,708
Leslie County	R	−43.8%	105	606	1,144
Letcher County	R	−18.6%	611	978	1,969
Lewis County	O	−4.9%	1,017	1,185	3,433
Lincoln County	D	+27.3%	1,863	842	3,736
Livingston County	D	+13.3%	1,009	732	2,085
Logan County	D	+21.4%	2,697	1,632	4,975
Lyon County	D	+24.1%	996	568	1,776
Madison County	D	+14.9%	2,992	2,094	6,039
Magoffin County	R	−4.9%	891	1,004	2,308
Marion County	D	+33.3%	1,848	735	3,342
Marshall County	D	+37.4%	1,675	634	2,787
Martin County	R	−33.0%	256	655	1,209
Mason County	D	+19.9%	2,475	1,558	4,605
McCracken County	D	+28.4%	2,948	1,308	5,782
McCreary County	O	−15.1%	225	411	1,232
McLean County	D	+18.4%	1,304	822	2,618
Meade County	D	+39.8%	1,145	337	2,032
Menifee County	D	+37.8%	643	254	1,030
Mercer County	D	+27.4%	1,792	889	3,292
Metcalfe County	D	+20.1%	887	482	2,018
Monroe County	R	−10.4%	806	1,072	2,564
Montgomery County	D	+30.7%	1,615	758	2,794
Morgan County	D	+31.6%	1,800	876	2,926
Muhlenberg County	O	+18.9%	2,093	1,038	5,596
Nelson County	D	+40.3%	2,275	751	3,784
Nicholas County	D	+35.1%	1,611	700	2,597
Ohio County	D	+24.0%	2,563	1,150	5,899
Oldham County	D	+51.2%	1,159	261	1,754
Owen County	D	+64.1%	2,460	430	3,168
Owsley County	R	−38.0%	221	711	1,290
Pendleton County	D	+22.6%	1,310	746	2,501
Perry County	R	−27.3%	560	1,023	1,698
Pike County	R	−3.1%	2,583	2,777	6,192
Powell County	D	+22.2%	647	381	1,197
Pulaski County	D	+4.5%	1,980	1,731	5,582
Robertson County	D	+41.6%	570	158	991
Rockcastle County	R	−8.9%	859	1,082	2,507
Rowan County	D	+19.4%	737	417	1,653
Russell County	R	−4.0%	713	785	1,812
Scott County	D	+33.6%	2,361	1,047	3,905
Shelby County	D	+32.0%	2,487	1,129	4,248
Simpson County	D	+41.8%	1,639	547	2,610
Spencer County	D	+49.3%	1,052	271	1,585
Taylor County	D	+27.5%	1,150	468	2,481
Todd County	D	+1.5%	1,482	1,435	3,166
Trigg County	R	−2.1%	1,263	1,322	2,848
Trimble County	D	+68.6%	1,183	163	1,487
Union County	D	+45.7%	2,168	642	3,340
Warren County	D	+31.8%	3,447	1,342	6,614
Washington County	D	+5.6%	1,329	1,170	2,821
Wayne County	D	+28.2%	2,168	1,096	3,802
Webster County	O	+2.3%	998	905	4,028
Whitley County	D	+21.1%	1,388	723	3,159
Wolfe County	D	+31.4%	873	395	1,524
Woodford County	D	+28.0%	1,561	779	2,795