Woodrow Wilson carried Kentucky D+5.4.

Woodrow Wilson (D) vs Charles Evans Hughes (R) in Kentucky, 1916. The state ran 2.3 points more Democratic than the nation (D+3.1 nationally).

Nominees: Woodrow Wilson (D) · Charles Evans Hughes (R)

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Kentucky result

519,551 votes counted

Wilson (D)

269,990

52.0%

Hughes (R)

241,791

46.5%

All others

7,770

1.5%

Margin

D+5.4

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1916 presidential election

Kentucky, 1916

WilsonD+5.4

How it voted

Share of the 1916 vote

Woodrow Wilson ✓Democratic	52.0%	269,990
Charles E. HughesRepublican	46.5%	241,791
OtherAll other candidates	1.5%	7,770

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1916 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1916 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 — 1916

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−5.3%	1,675	1,863	3,553
Allen County	R	−13.0%	1,647	2,147	3,832
Anderson County	D	+17.5%	1,521	1,065	2,613
Ballard County	D	+51.0%	2,222	692	3,002
Barren County	D	+15.4%	3,370	2,462	5,888
Bath County	D	+13.7%	1,796	1,360	3,180
Bell County	R	−40.9%	1,373	3,321	4,767
Boone County	D	+58.0%	2,008	531	2,548
Bourbon County	D	+11.1%	2,715	2,167	4,920
Boyd County	R	−2.5%	2,738	2,883	5,743
Boyle County	D	+15.6%	2,052	1,494	3,572
Bracken County	D	+21.0%	1,676	1,082	2,823
Breathitt County	D	+13.1%	2,067	1,584	3,676
Breckinridge County	R	−7.9%	2,172	2,549	4,789
Bullitt County	D	+29.1%	1,508	826	2,342
Butler County	R	−35.6%	1,158	2,456	3,647
Caldwell County	R	−2.0%	1,605	1,672	3,343
Calloway County	D	+51.1%	3,334	1,026	4,513
Campbell County	D	+11.7%	7,290	5,696	13,595
Carlisle County	D	+52.7%	1,646	494	2,185
Carroll County	D	+52.9%	1,757	535	2,311
Carter County	R	−17.9%	1,954	2,818	4,819
Casey County	R	−17.9%	1,352	1,949	3,339
Christian County	R	−11.4%	3,644	4,594	8,336
Clark County	D	+20.3%	2,620	1,731	4,388
Clay County	R	−46.8%	820	2,271	3,102
Clinton County	R	−53.3%	379	1,260	1,653
Crittenden County	R	−10.3%	1,455	1,794	3,292
Cumberland County	R	−35.9%	653	1,394	2,062
Daviess County	D	+13.8%	5,396	4,078	9,573
Edmonson County	R	−17.6%	935	1,339	2,295
Elliott County	D	+37.1%	1,151	525	1,687
Estill County	R	−12.6%	1,180	1,524	2,725
Fayette County	D	+7.4%	6,348	5,472	11,909
Fleming County	D	+9.8%	2,240	1,836	4,117
Floyd County	D	+9.7%	2,217	1,823	4,066
Franklin County	D	+40.0%	3,345	1,426	4,801
Fulton County	D	+48.6%	2,200	747	2,992
Gallatin County	D	+57.7%	1,060	283	1,347
Garrard County	R	−8.4%	1,375	1,628	3,027
Grant County	D	+25.8%	1,841	1,078	2,958
Graves County	D	+44.9%	5,197	1,930	7,275
Grayson County	R	−9.5%	1,953	2,368	4,362
Green County	R	−6.5%	1,239	1,412	2,670
Greenup County	R	−0.0%	1,820	1,821	3,765
Hancock County	R	−4.7%	833	918	1,795
Hardin County	D	+26.7%	3,272	1,887	5,187
Harlan County	R	−57.6%	690	2,670	3,435
Harrison County	D	+32.2%	2,778	1,409	4,246
Hart County	D	+0.4%	2,048	2,031	4,135
Henderson County	D	+24.3%	3,699	2,218	6,091
Henry County	D	+32.9%	2,595	1,302	3,925
Hickman County	D	+56.4%	1,982	539	2,560
Hopkins County	D	+1.9%	3,757	3,615	7,505
Jackson County	R	−76.6%	252	1,968	2,239
Jefferson County	D	+0.8%	28,840	28,386	58,314
Jessamine County	D	+12.9%	1,727	1,326	3,118
Johnson County	R	−32.7%	1,253	2,500	3,816
Kenton County	D	+31.7%	10,402	5,267	16,183
Knott County	D	+43.5%	1,454	571	2,029
Knox County	R	−47.4%	1,126	3,192	4,362
Larue County	D	+18.0%	1,350	936	2,299
Laurel County	R	−33.2%	1,171	2,383	3,650
Lawrence County	R	−0.5%	1,910	1,928	3,882
Lee County	R	−17.6%	793	1,135	1,941
Leslie County	R	−83.6%	133	1,516	1,655
Letcher County	R	−32.7%	1,121	2,220	3,364
Lewis County	R	−28.3%	1,276	2,324	3,709
Lincoln County	D	+8.3%	2,212	1,868	4,156
Livingston County	D	+15.8%	1,287	923	2,305
Logan County	D	+14.7%	3,373	2,501	5,948
Lyon County	D	+22.6%	1,191	748	1,960
Madison County	D	+4.4%	3,295	3,017	6,344
Magoffin County	R	−3.4%	1,433	1,535	2,996
Marion County	D	+19.2%	2,063	1,396	3,477
Marshall County	D	+30.1%	2,263	1,201	3,530
Martin County	R	−58.4%	280	1,100	1,403
Mason County	D	+13.9%	2,820	2,127	5,000
McCracken County	D	+17.0%	4,356	3,058	7,653
McCreary County	R	−65.9%	324	1,630	1,981
McLean County	D	+4.8%	1,589	1,439	3,093
Meade County	D	+23.8%	1,317	803	2,164
Menifee County	D	+32.8%	730	369	1,100
Mercer County	D	+15.4%	2,093	1,531	3,659
Metcalfe County	R	−2.8%	1,046	1,107	2,172
Monroe County	R	−38.9%	882	2,008	2,898
Montgomery County	D	+17.4%	1,705	1,195	2,923
Morgan County	D	+34.5%	2,319	1,123	3,463
Muhlenberg County	R	−9.6%	2,900	3,533	6,601
Nelson County	D	+25.9%	2,639	1,546	4,220
Nicholas County	D	+30.6%	1,829	964	2,828
Ohio County	R	−9.1%	2,723	3,286	6,213
Oldham County	D	+38.4%	1,455	642	2,116
Owen County	D	+62.3%	2,911	663	3,607
Owsley County	R	−70.6%	197	1,173	1,382
Pendleton County	D	+17.6%	1,728	1,206	2,973
Perry County	R	−41.0%	904	2,217	3,200
Pike County	R	−10.4%	3,414	4,212	7,699
Powell County	D	+12.6%	757	587	1,344
Pulaski County	R	−23.8%	2,531	4,136	6,742
Robertson County	D	+22.9%	663	415	1,083
Rockcastle County	R	−33.1%	968	1,932	2,915
Rowan County	R	−3.3%	881	941	1,839
Russell County	R	−20.1%	859	1,298	2,186
Scott County	D	+27.3%	2,611	1,486	4,125
Shelby County	D	+22.0%	2,919	1,863	4,804
Simpson County	D	+32.6%	1,887	955	2,858
Spencer County	D	+36.4%	1,271	591	1,869
Taylor County	D	+1.0%	1,360	1,332	2,716
Todd County	D	+10.1%	2,051	1,671	3,781
Trigg County	D	+5.7%	1,722	1,533	3,329
Trimble County	D	+66.1%	1,319	259	1,604
Union County	D	+39.3%	2,754	1,184	3,992
Warren County	D	+16.8%	4,228	3,002	7,295
Washington County	O	+0.0%	1,654	1,654	3,323
Wayne County	R	−8.7%	1,373	1,638	3,034
Webster County	D	+12.3%	2,673	2,082	4,803
Whitley County	R	−53.5%	1,171	3,919	5,138
Wolfe County	D	+26.3%	1,108	645	1,759
Woodford County	D	+15.6%	1,786	1,300	3,106