Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Kentucky D+15.1.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Kentucky, 1940. The state ran 5.2 points more Democratic than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)

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Kentucky result

970,163 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

557,322

57.4%

Willkie (R)

410,384

42.3%

All others

2,457

0.3%

Margin

D+15.1

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1940 presidential election

Kentucky, 1940

RooseveltD+15.1

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	57.4%	557,322
Wendell WillkieRepublican	42.3%	410,384
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	2,457

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 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 — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−15.1%	2,711	3,674	6,398
Allen County	R	−22.6%	2,036	3,232	5,289
Anderson County	D	+33.7%	2,515	1,244	3,769
Ballard County	D	+61.8%	3,212	758	3,971
Barren County	D	+20.4%	4,888	3,233	8,132
Bath County	D	+21.4%	2,528	1,636	4,176
Bell County	D	+8.7%	5,910	4,962	10,899
Boone County	D	+29.9%	2,518	1,357	3,888
Bourbon County	D	+22.8%	4,254	2,673	6,931
Boyd County	D	+14.7%	9,868	7,322	17,265
Boyle County	D	+28.7%	4,081	2,257	6,349
Bracken County	D	+11.6%	1,961	1,551	3,521
Breathitt County	D	+42.5%	3,977	1,602	5,590
Breckinridge County	D	+0.6%	3,296	3,258	6,591
Bullitt County	D	+49.1%	2,388	813	3,207
Butler County	R	−36.9%	1,455	3,163	4,624
Caldwell County	D	+11.9%	2,858	2,246	5,130
Calloway County	D	+73.1%	5,793	896	6,698
Campbell County	R	−0.4%	14,801	14,916	29,820
Carlisle County	D	+64.8%	2,366	500	2,878
Carroll County	D	+56.6%	2,915	804	3,730
Carter County	R	−14.1%	3,403	4,520	7,946
Casey County	R	−35.0%	1,862	3,874	5,753
Christian County	D	+8.5%	6,599	5,566	12,181
Clark County	D	+29.9%	3,970	2,136	6,125
Clay County	R	−45.8%	1,632	4,395	6,027
Clinton County	R	−54.6%	755	2,573	3,328
Crittenden County	R	−17.7%	1,834	2,624	4,472
Cumberland County	R	−48.7%	872	2,533	3,409
Daviess County	D	+24.7%	9,344	5,633	15,026
Edmonson County	R	−32.0%	1,332	2,589	3,934
Elliott County	D	+52.1%	2,013	634	2,647
Estill County	R	−5.5%	2,587	2,889	5,486
Fayette County	D	+11.7%	15,834	12,514	28,432
Fleming County	D	+2.5%	2,999	2,855	5,868
Floyd County	D	+42.1%	9,100	3,711	12,811
Franklin County	D	+56.5%	6,956	1,927	8,897
Fulton County	D	+63.8%	3,592	791	4,392
Gallatin County	D	+49.6%	1,473	495	1,972
Garrard County	D	+0.3%	2,162	2,148	4,318
Grant County	D	+28.0%	2,729	1,535	4,269
Graves County	D	+64.2%	9,786	2,122	11,935
Grayson County	R	−8.2%	2,678	3,156	5,861
Green County	R	−11.2%	1,993	2,497	4,508
Greenup County	D	+7.7%	4,742	4,059	8,825
Hancock County	R	−3.1%	1,338	1,424	2,764
Hardin County	D	+33.4%	4,718	2,351	7,090
Harlan County	D	+28.7%	10,582	5,859	16,483
Harrison County	D	+42.3%	4,228	1,707	5,954
Hart County	D	+6.7%	3,280	2,866	6,155
Henderson County	D	+46.4%	6,727	2,455	9,211
Henry County	D	+45.4%	3,862	1,445	5,329
Hickman County	D	+69.7%	2,758	490	3,255
Hopkins County	D	+38.2%	8,695	3,884	12,609
Jackson County	R	−77.5%	465	3,722	4,200
Jefferson County	D	+17.8%	94,710	66,052	161,218
Jessamine County	D	+20.8%	2,815	1,837	4,692
Johnson County	R	−24.7%	3,042	5,042	8,094
Kenton County	D	+18.8%	19,261	13,147	32,482
Knott County	D	+70.8%	4,434	759	5,193
Knox County	R	−20.2%	3,319	5,003	8,330
Larue County	D	+30.5%	2,463	1,309	3,781
Laurel County	R	−28.8%	2,860	5,180	8,060
Lawrence County	D	+2.0%	3,178	3,055	6,252
Lee County	R	−7.0%	1,622	1,866	3,495
Leslie County	R	−68.0%	626	3,292	3,921
Letcher County	D	+16.0%	6,127	4,433	10,579
Lewis County	R	−28.4%	1,878	3,371	5,249
Lincoln County	D	+8.4%	3,657	3,090	6,783
Livingston County	D	+25.8%	2,013	1,184	3,213
Logan County	D	+49.0%	6,631	2,268	8,908
Lyon County	D	+36.3%	1,979	921	2,917
Madison County	D	+5.6%	6,484	5,789	12,340
Magoffin County	D	+2.6%	2,812	2,668	5,481
Marion County	D	+32.7%	3,482	1,763	5,264
Marshall County	D	+52.5%	3,549	1,100	4,662
Martin County	R	−46.7%	826	2,275	3,102
Mason County	D	+8.4%	4,386	3,704	8,117
McCracken County	D	+52.8%	11,562	3,554	15,168
McCreary County	R	−43.4%	1,248	3,172	4,429
McLean County	D	+22.9%	2,709	1,698	4,417
Meade County	D	+35.9%	2,114	995	3,121
Menifee County	D	+39.3%	1,176	511	1,692
Mercer County	D	+32.2%	3,606	1,845	5,470
Metcalfe County	R	−9.4%	1,826	2,206	4,044
Monroe County	R	−40.9%	1,390	3,321	4,722
Montgomery County	D	+24.4%	2,755	1,671	4,439
Morgan County	D	+46.7%	4,148	1,509	5,657
Muhlenberg County	R	−1.8%	5,140	5,332	10,500
Nelson County	D	+33.0%	4,193	2,109	6,310
Nicholas County	D	+27.4%	2,124	1,207	3,345
Ohio County	R	−8.8%	3,729	4,451	8,204
Oldham County	D	+40.0%	1,983	848	2,841
Owen County	D	+72.9%	3,655	569	4,231
Owsley County	R	−63.7%	591	2,672	3,266
Pendleton County	D	+3.2%	2,165	2,029	4,208
Perry County	D	+18.7%	6,852	4,693	11,563
Pike County	D	+15.0%	12,160	8,985	21,161
Powell County	D	+12.2%	1,266	989	2,270
Pulaski County	R	−27.0%	4,896	8,533	13,468
Robertson County	D	+17.8%	829	578	1,414
Rockcastle County	R	−36.3%	1,652	3,536	5,194
Rowan County	D	+8.3%	2,294	1,944	4,240
Russell County	R	−42.0%	1,250	3,069	4,334
Scott County	D	+38.4%	4,039	1,795	5,849
Shelby County	D	+44.2%	4,823	1,861	6,702
Simpson County	D	+49.8%	2,950	987	3,945
Spencer County	D	+50.5%	1,728	567	2,300
Taylor County	R	−0.0%	2,790	2,792	5,606
Todd County	D	+39.7%	3,337	1,436	4,792
Trigg County	D	+31.7%	2,883	1,494	4,388
Trimble County	D	+77.4%	1,909	242	2,155
Union County	D	+59.3%	4,355	1,111	5,474
Warren County	D	+28.6%	7,569	4,195	11,800
Washington County	D	+5.0%	2,612	2,362	4,976
Wayne County	R	−11.5%	2,519	3,177	5,702
Webster County	D	+33.1%	4,197	2,107	6,321
Whitley County	R	−22.9%	4,078	6,502	10,596
Wolfe County	D	+36.2%	2,205	1,032	3,237
Woodford County	D	+26.9%	2,630	1,514	4,151