Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Kentucky D+18.9.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Herbert Hoover (R) in Kentucky, 1932. The state ran 1.1 points more Democratic than the nation (D+17.8 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Herbert Hoover (R)

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Kentucky result

983,063 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

580,574

59.1%

Hoover (R)

394,716

40.2%

All others

7,773

0.8%

Margin

D+18.9

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1932 presidential election

Kentucky, 1932

RooseveltD+18.9

How it voted

Share of the 1932 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	59.1%	580,574
Herbert HooverRepublican	40.2%	394,716
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	7,773

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1932 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1932 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 — 1932

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	D	+2.6%	3,251	3,084	6,347
Allen County	R	−1.6%	3,116	3,219	6,368
Anderson County	D	+33.9%	2,415	1,184	3,634
Ballard County	D	+74.5%	3,987	572	4,584
Barren County	D	+28.4%	6,518	3,622	10,181
Bath County	D	+29.6%	2,909	1,576	4,505
Bell County	D	+7.3%	5,440	4,695	10,213
Boone County	D	+44.3%	3,536	1,355	4,923
Bourbon County	D	+25.5%	4,759	2,820	7,604
Boyd County	D	+9.5%	8,315	6,853	15,343
Boyle County	D	+33.8%	4,473	2,208	6,711
Bracken County	D	+23.9%	2,407	1,471	3,921
Breathitt County	D	+53.4%	4,524	1,371	5,902
Breckinridge County	D	+8.1%	3,814	3,237	7,085
Bullitt County	D	+45.6%	2,918	1,088	4,014
Butler County	R	−19.6%	1,736	2,586	4,331
Caldwell County	D	+18.9%	2,971	2,020	5,039
Calloway County	D	+76.9%	6,335	813	7,184
Campbell County	D	+20.2%	17,776	11,665	30,208
Carlisle County	D	+74.9%	2,840	402	3,253
Carroll County	D	+59.4%	3,015	761	3,795
Carter County	D	+2.1%	4,565	4,376	9,020
Casey County	R	−18.2%	2,651	3,840	6,516
Christian County	D	+18.4%	7,618	5,235	12,920
Clark County	D	+42.4%	4,920	1,981	6,936
Clay County	R	−23.9%	2,133	3,474	5,620
Clinton County	R	−45.5%	908	2,422	3,330
Crittenden County	R	−1.5%	2,119	2,185	4,320
Cumberland County	R	−31.4%	1,235	2,369	3,615
Daviess County	D	+34.9%	10,527	5,059	15,685
Edmonson County	R	−19.9%	1,796	2,690	4,499
Elliott County	D	+69.8%	2,150	382	2,532
Estill County	D	+3.0%	3,150	2,963	6,136
Fayette County	D	+14.1%	15,765	11,847	27,869
Fleming County	D	+13.1%	3,442	2,638	6,124
Floyd County	D	+42.7%	8,537	3,415	11,986
Franklin County	D	+51.1%	6,331	2,034	8,404
Fulton County	D	+65.0%	3,985	837	4,845
Gallatin County	D	+66.0%	1,792	365	2,163
Garrard County	D	+6.3%	2,582	2,276	4,859
Grant County	D	+37.9%	3,148	1,407	4,592
Graves County	D	+68.5%	9,888	1,825	11,764
Grayson County	D	+2.0%	3,872	3,721	7,624
Green County	R	−0.1%	2,277	2,281	4,583
Greenup County	D	+18.1%	4,963	3,422	8,492
Hancock County	D	+15.9%	1,623	1,174	2,826
Hardin County	D	+36.4%	6,047	2,801	8,920
Harlan County	R	−10.0%	9,091	11,118	20,254
Harrison County	D	+45.3%	4,909	1,833	6,790
Hart County	D	+21.2%	4,008	2,601	6,642
Henderson County	D	+40.7%	6,100	2,485	8,881
Henry County	D	+44.4%	4,303	1,643	5,987
Hickman County	D	+76.0%	3,327	446	3,789
Hopkins County	D	+40.8%	9,158	3,817	13,088
Jackson County	R	−68.8%	529	2,879	3,416
Jefferson County	D	+3.7%	72,402	67,137	141,096
Jessamine County	D	+25.3%	2,873	1,710	4,595
Johnson County	R	−21.6%	3,134	4,871	8,026
Kenton County	D	+32.4%	22,311	11,202	34,263
Knott County	D	+71.2%	4,443	747	5,190
Knox County	R	−14.3%	3,375	4,513	7,938
Larue County	D	+36.3%	2,650	1,235	3,899
Laurel County	R	−14.9%	3,569	4,827	8,430
Lawrence County	D	+14.4%	3,701	2,766	6,494
Lee County	D	+9.5%	1,970	1,628	3,604
Leslie County	R	−66.2%	569	2,810	3,387
Letcher County	D	+4.6%	5,190	4,732	9,975
Lewis County	R	−12.6%	2,488	3,212	5,748
Lincoln County	D	+19.6%	4,574	3,063	7,695
Livingston County	D	+35.1%	2,231	1,070	3,312
Logan County	D	+43.3%	7,072	2,778	9,917
Lyon County	D	+41.2%	2,099	873	2,979
Madison County	D	+8.9%	6,957	5,811	12,884
Magoffin County	D	+1.1%	2,721	2,661	5,395
Marion County	D	+47.4%	4,427	1,571	6,021
Marshall County	D	+66.0%	4,246	863	5,129
Martin County	R	−39.2%	770	1,774	2,559
Mason County	D	+22.2%	5,065	3,213	8,334
McCracken County	D	+48.4%	9,188	3,140	12,499
McCreary County	R	−47.3%	1,194	3,360	4,576
McLean County	D	+32.2%	2,771	1,412	4,224
Meade County	D	+40.3%	2,488	1,050	3,564
Menifee County	D	+49.8%	1,425	474	1,910
Mercer County	D	+31.5%	3,759	1,950	5,745
Metcalfe County	D	+6.9%	1,985	1,729	3,730
Monroe County	R	−22.4%	1,620	2,559	4,190
Montgomery County	D	+29.9%	2,810	1,515	4,338
Morgan County	D	+48.4%	4,137	1,435	5,584
Muhlenberg County	D	+24.2%	7,162	4,349	11,630
Nelson County	D	+42.9%	5,272	2,100	7,401
Nicholas County	D	+37.8%	2,728	1,219	3,988
Ohio County	R	−0.1%	4,870	4,880	9,934
Oldham County	D	+44.3%	2,319	888	3,233
Owen County	D	+72.2%	4,240	658	4,960
Owsley County	R	−58.4%	520	1,985	2,510
Pendleton County	D	+20.2%	2,745	1,812	4,620
Perry County	D	+9.9%	6,393	5,240	11,655
Pike County	D	+23.1%	12,686	7,914	20,674
Powell County	D	+22.2%	1,300	826	2,135
Pulaski County	R	−16.6%	4,931	6,905	11,861
Robertson County	D	+32.3%	1,056	538	1,604
Rockcastle County	R	−28.8%	1,976	3,577	5,564
Rowan County	D	+27.2%	2,844	1,622	4,490
Russell County	R	−18.8%	1,699	2,490	4,216
Scott County	D	+40.1%	4,572	1,943	6,551
Shelby County	D	+41.9%	5,180	2,108	7,325
Simpson County	D	+49.7%	3,603	1,203	4,827
Spencer County	D	+41.2%	1,773	736	2,515
Taylor County	D	+4.2%	2,823	2,592	5,454
Todd County	D	+43.3%	3,966	1,562	5,556
Trigg County	D	+42.5%	3,611	1,452	5,078
Trimble County	D	+77.6%	2,083	257	2,354
Union County	D	+63.9%	4,892	1,063	5,991
Warren County	D	+32.1%	8,932	4,569	13,578
Washington County	D	+9.6%	2,841	2,340	5,203
Wayne County	D	+4.4%	2,929	2,682	5,646
Webster County	D	+36.1%	4,833	2,257	7,138
Whitley County	R	−26.6%	3,576	6,186	9,820
Wolfe County	D	+43.7%	2,321	909	3,232
Woodford County	D	+29.7%	3,180	1,720	4,918