James M. Cox carried Kentucky D+0.4.

James M. Cox (D) vs Warren G. Harding (R) in Kentucky, 1920. The state ran 26.6 points more Democratic than the nation (R+26.2 nationally).

Nominees: James M. Cox (D) · Warren G. Harding (R)

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Kentucky result

918,636 votes counted

Cox (D)

456,497

49.7%

Harding (R)

452,480

49.3%

All others

9,659

1.1%

Margin

D+0.4

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1920 presidential election

Kentucky, 1920

How it voted

Share of the 1920 vote

James M. Cox ✓Democratic	49.7%	456,497
Warren G. HardingRepublican	49.3%	452,480
OtherAll other candidates	1.1%	9,659

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1920 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1920 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 — 1920

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−12.8%	2,725	3,526	6,265
Allen County	R	−21.2%	2,255	3,476	5,770
Anderson County	D	+15.7%	2,499	1,819	4,330
Ballard County	D	+55.2%	3,987	1,107	5,213
Barren County	D	+16.0%	5,499	3,972	9,531
Bath County	D	+9.9%	2,440	1,997	4,459
Bell County	R	−49.0%	2,277	6,691	9,014
Boone County	D	+55.8%	3,472	973	4,480
Bourbon County	D	+14.9%	5,452	4,029	9,524
Boyd County	R	−10.6%	5,103	6,334	11,563
Boyle County	D	+12.2%	4,099	3,205	7,342
Bracken County	D	+18.6%	2,621	1,791	4,468
Breathitt County	D	+5.2%	2,737	2,464	5,232
Breckinridge County	R	−8.2%	3,702	4,368	8,099
Bullitt County	D	+29.2%	2,548	1,393	3,954
Butler County	R	−50.1%	1,356	4,097	5,466
Caldwell County	R	−3.7%	2,746	2,958	5,792
Calloway County	D	+48.6%	4,574	1,520	6,284
Campbell County	R	−6.7%	10,597	12,210	23,976
Carlisle County	D	+58.1%	2,688	688	3,442
Carroll County	D	+55.6%	3,209	906	4,141
Carter County	R	−24.8%	2,757	4,595	7,414
Casey County	R	−28.8%	1,951	3,543	5,533
Christian County	R	−9.6%	7,209	8,743	16,057
Clark County	D	+21.8%	4,846	3,105	7,987
Clay County	R	−61.0%	960	4,015	5,008
Clinton County	R	−68.8%	431	2,356	2,798
Crittenden County	R	−19.0%	2,138	3,149	5,311
Cumberland County	R	−43.6%	931	2,380	3,324
Daviess County	D	+12.0%	9,669	7,584	17,359
Edmonson County	R	−33.3%	1,171	2,348	3,535
Elliott County	D	+34.3%	1,764	860	2,637
Estill County	R	−16.6%	1,823	2,552	4,387
Fayette County	D	+7.8%	12,926	11,032	24,139
Fleming County	D	+8.2%	3,488	2,960	6,474
Floyd County	D	+11.9%	3,597	2,825	6,468
Franklin County	D	+36.8%	5,878	2,710	8,609
Fulton County	D	+47.3%	3,843	1,365	5,239
Gallatin County	D	+53.5%	1,782	536	2,327
Garrard County	R	−10.2%	2,434	2,994	5,469
Grant County	D	+24.7%	2,686	1,613	4,337
Graves County	D	+46.2%	9,018	3,241	12,500
Grayson County	R	−19.1%	2,830	4,174	7,049
Green County	R	−14.5%	1,723	2,310	4,050
Greenup County	R	−6.0%	2,754	3,111	5,963
Hancock County	R	−2.2%	1,384	1,446	2,879
Hardin County	D	+23.3%	5,382	3,334	8,782
Harlan County	R	−60.8%	1,805	7,493	9,351
Harrison County	D	+33.5%	4,804	2,378	7,239
Hart County	R	−4.6%	2,972	3,264	6,313
Henderson County	D	+26.5%	7,272	4,161	11,718
Henry County	D	+35.3%	4,640	2,208	6,897
Hickman County	D	+55.4%	3,045	866	3,934
Hopkins County	D	+7.4%	7,829	6,732	14,836
Jackson County	R	−84.6%	260	3,174	3,444
Jefferson County	R	−9.7%	56,046	68,202	125,549
Jessamine County	D	+15.1%	3,206	2,349	5,689
Johnson County	R	−43.3%	1,714	4,373	6,137
Kenton County	D	+17.0%	16,300	11,411	28,730
Knott County	D	+48.0%	2,295	802	3,108
Knox County	R	−54.2%	1,534	5,228	6,818
Larue County	D	+12.4%	2,361	1,838	4,211
Laurel County	R	−44.5%	1,621	4,252	5,909
Lawrence County	R	−5.4%	2,558	2,849	5,433
Lee County	R	−19.6%	1,246	1,856	3,116
Leslie County	R	−89.0%	142	2,576	2,734
Letcher County	R	−37.4%	1,960	4,317	6,301
Lewis County	R	−45.2%	1,550	4,186	5,827
Lincoln County	D	+1.0%	3,787	3,710	7,566
Livingston County	D	+3.8%	1,933	1,790	3,784
Logan County	D	+21.4%	6,111	3,948	10,125
Lyon County	D	+21.1%	1,968	1,275	3,282
Madison County	R	−3.1%	5,647	6,012	11,739
Magoffin County	R	−26.8%	1,352	2,347	3,715
Marion County	D	+22.0%	3,807	2,431	6,258
Marshall County	D	+30.7%	3,569	1,883	5,492
Martin County	R	−67.2%	330	1,726	2,077
Mason County	D	+11.2%	4,691	3,743	8,476
McCracken County	D	+16.2%	8,496	6,085	14,880
McCreary County	R	−68.7%	525	2,889	3,439
McLean County	D	+6.6%	2,754	2,408	5,221
Meade County	D	+19.7%	2,195	1,468	3,693
Menifee County	D	+32.5%	1,149	581	1,746
Mercer County	D	+13.0%	3,623	2,786	6,442
Metcalfe County	R	−11.3%	1,442	1,809	3,259
Monroe County	R	−51.0%	1,108	3,426	4,549
Montgomery County	D	+17.2%	3,069	2,163	5,260
Morgan County	D	+29.9%	3,347	1,802	5,166
Muhlenberg County	R	−15.7%	4,824	6,667	11,753
Nelson County	D	+26.3%	5,061	2,945	8,033
Nicholas County	D	+32.4%	2,953	1,496	4,494
Ohio County	R	−14.2%	4,011	5,371	9,571
Oldham County	D	+44.5%	2,655	1,014	3,684
Owen County	D	+62.8%	4,623	1,049	5,689
Owsley County	R	−76.0%	257	1,914	2,180
Pendleton County	D	+10.4%	2,598	2,105	4,752
Perry County	R	−32.6%	2,203	4,345	6,573
Pike County	R	−16.8%	5,619	7,911	13,622
Powell County	D	+10.8%	1,038	835	1,884
Pulaski County	R	−31.8%	3,749	7,262	11,059
Robertson County	D	+20.2%	940	623	1,570
Rockcastle County	R	−42.3%	1,438	3,561	5,018
Rowan County	R	−10.5%	1,264	1,564	2,847
Russell County	R	−38.1%	1,157	2,587	3,751
Scott County	D	+30.4%	4,993	2,661	7,679
Shelby County	D	+23.0%	5,446	3,402	8,879
Simpson County	D	+31.1%	3,206	1,680	4,907
Spencer County	D	+31.8%	2,135	1,102	3,253
Taylor County	R	−2.3%	2,380	2,493	4,898
Todd County	D	+10.5%	3,292	2,663	6,010
Trigg County	D	+11.5%	3,056	2,420	5,548
Trimble County	D	+69.7%	2,057	361	2,434
Union County	D	+42.8%	4,919	1,943	6,947
Warren County	D	+12.2%	7,010	5,474	12,599
Washington County	R	−5.3%	2,600	2,892	5,502
Wayne County	R	−24.0%	1,827	2,992	4,849
Webster County	D	+15.2%	4,831	3,554	8,415
Whitley County	R	−64.4%	1,556	7,235	8,819
Wolfe County	D	+22.1%	1,476	939	2,432
Woodford County	D	+19.5%	3,299	2,218	5,542