Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Kentucky D+9.2.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Kentucky, 1944. The state ran 1.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)

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Kentucky result

867,921 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

472,589

54.5%

Dewey (R)

392,448

45.2%

All others

2,884

0.3%

Margin

D+9.2

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1944 presidential election

Kentucky, 1944

RooseveltD+9.2

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	54.5%	472,589
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	45.2%	392,448
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	2,884

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 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 — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−17.2%	2,411	3,414	5,847
Allen County	R	−28.2%	1,742	3,120	4,886
Anderson County	D	+20.6%	2,148	1,409	3,579
Ballard County	D	+63.2%	2,845	637	3,491
Barren County	D	+15.3%	4,439	3,262	7,701
Bath County	D	+16.0%	2,184	1,581	3,773
Bell County	R	−2.2%	4,616	4,822	9,474
Boone County	D	+25.4%	2,451	1,457	3,921
Bourbon County	D	+32.2%	3,828	1,957	5,803
Boyd County	D	+8.4%	8,130	6,868	15,040
Boyle County	D	+22.6%	3,490	2,195	5,719
Bracken County	D	+12.6%	1,915	1,483	3,417
Breathitt County	D	+40.4%	2,922	1,230	4,183
Breckinridge County	R	−6.5%	2,889	3,292	6,218
Bullitt County	D	+40.9%	2,092	876	2,976
Butler County	R	−48.8%	1,153	3,354	4,514
Caldwell County	D	+4.3%	2,444	2,242	4,696
Calloway County	D	+62.5%	4,888	1,121	6,026
Campbell County	R	−2.6%	12,959	13,647	26,670
Carlisle County	D	+60.4%	2,057	505	2,568
Carroll County	D	+55.6%	2,662	755	3,428
Carter County	R	−20.2%	2,733	4,117	6,860
Casey County	R	−43.4%	1,520	3,869	5,409
Christian County	D	+16.2%	6,260	4,506	10,801
Clark County	D	+30.2%	3,608	1,929	5,564
Clay County	R	−56.8%	1,185	4,307	5,495
Clinton County	R	−64.5%	564	2,618	3,185
Crittenden County	R	−26.9%	1,544	2,690	4,259
Cumberland County	R	−56.8%	717	2,619	3,346
Daviess County	D	+14.0%	8,143	6,135	14,355
Edmonson County	R	−41.0%	1,016	2,433	3,458
Elliott County	D	+54.0%	1,721	514	2,235
Estill County	R	−10.9%	2,000	2,493	4,517
Fayette County	D	+11.0%	13,567	10,857	24,598
Fleming County	R	−1.0%	2,612	2,666	5,292
Floyd County	D	+41.5%	7,729	3,197	10,926
Franklin County	D	+51.0%	6,356	2,050	8,448
Fulton County	D	+63.7%	2,973	654	3,640
Gallatin County	D	+44.7%	1,360	516	1,888
Garrard County	R	−7.3%	1,764	2,042	3,820
Grant County	D	+19.6%	2,413	1,621	4,047
Graves County	D	+57.5%	8,057	2,172	10,238
Grayson County	R	−19.6%	2,436	3,629	6,085
Green County	R	−13.5%	1,809	2,379	4,219
Greenup County	D	+1.4%	3,821	3,718	7,542
Hancock County	R	−9.4%	1,129	1,365	2,509
Hardin County	D	+22.0%	4,436	2,831	7,294
Harlan County	D	+15.8%	8,000	5,815	13,838
Harrison County	D	+43.1%	3,706	1,466	5,192
Hart County	D	+2.0%	3,138	3,014	6,162
Henderson County	D	+37.3%	5,887	2,683	8,595
Henry County	D	+40.5%	3,548	1,497	5,063
Hickman County	D	+54.5%	2,005	588	2,602
Hopkins County	D	+31.8%	7,352	3,795	11,174
Jackson County	R	−83.2%	328	3,578	3,908
Jefferson County	D	+13.6%	80,236	60,905	141,621
Jessamine County	D	+15.0%	2,426	1,790	4,248
Johnson County	R	−35.2%	2,222	4,642	6,874
Kenton County	D	+16.1%	17,524	12,654	30,236
Knott County	D	+65.6%	3,867	803	4,670
Knox County	R	−36.9%	2,385	5,178	7,570
Larue County	D	+14.1%	2,065	1,550	3,641
Laurel County	R	−41.2%	2,104	5,051	7,160
Lawrence County	R	−6.0%	2,408	2,715	5,135
Lee County	R	−15.5%	1,072	1,468	2,550
Leslie County	R	−68.6%	499	2,679	3,178
Letcher County	D	+6.3%	4,599	4,055	8,670
Lewis County	R	−39.0%	1,434	3,275	4,717
Lincoln County	D	+5.0%	3,087	2,793	5,922
Livingston County	D	+16.7%	1,686	1,202	2,892
Logan County	D	+39.5%	5,110	2,211	7,339
Lyon County	D	+30.6%	1,743	924	2,676
Madison County	D	+2.7%	5,769	5,468	11,307
Magoffin County	R	−2.5%	2,031	2,135	4,166
Marion County	D	+28.2%	2,996	1,673	4,694
Marshall County	D	+38.2%	2,947	1,316	4,274
Martin County	R	−56.7%	571	2,067	2,639
Mason County	D	+7.8%	3,810	3,256	7,105
McCracken County	D	+44.0%	10,846	4,190	15,120
McCreary County	R	−59.0%	880	3,419	4,301
McLean County	D	+11.8%	2,222	1,752	3,997
Meade County	D	+27.4%	1,828	1,040	2,880
Menifee County	D	+26.4%	976	568	1,547
Mercer County	D	+20.3%	3,086	2,039	5,146
Metcalfe County	R	−15.3%	1,694	2,306	4,012
Monroe County	R	−53.6%	1,101	3,648	4,749
Montgomery County	D	+22.3%	2,334	1,481	3,823
Morgan County	D	+45.4%	3,242	1,217	4,464
Muhlenberg County	R	−11.6%	3,657	4,618	8,304
Nelson County	D	+26.0%	3,648	2,136	5,811
Nicholas County	D	+26.1%	1,813	1,059	2,885
Ohio County	R	−17.8%	3,131	4,494	7,657
Oldham County	D	+30.1%	1,908	1,021	2,947
Owen County	D	+66.6%	3,157	627	3,800
Owsley County	R	−72.3%	325	2,033	2,361
Pendleton County	D	+2.9%	2,096	1,977	4,090
Perry County	D	+12.1%	5,527	4,333	9,862
Pike County	D	+9.3%	9,757	8,092	17,897
Powell County	D	+6.3%	1,023	902	1,931
Pulaski County	R	−35.6%	3,934	8,318	12,328
Robertson County	D	+21.2%	855	556	1,413
Rockcastle County	R	−48.2%	1,327	3,802	5,136
Rowan County	D	+3.4%	1,944	1,815	3,774
Russell County	R	−43.5%	1,185	3,019	4,219
Scott County	D	+38.8%	3,627	1,589	5,248
Shelby County	D	+37.5%	4,415	1,997	6,446
Simpson County	D	+47.0%	2,821	1,012	3,850
Spencer County	D	+38.0%	1,443	646	2,096
Taylor County	R	−2.9%	2,475	2,622	5,136
Todd County	D	+37.2%	2,990	1,363	4,374
Trigg County	D	+30.6%	2,511	1,332	3,857
Trimble County	D	+74.8%	1,916	264	2,210
Union County	D	+57.6%	3,489	935	4,436
Warren County	D	+20.7%	7,528	4,944	12,509
Washington County	R	−1.5%	2,283	2,353	4,654
Wayne County	R	−20.2%	2,022	3,048	5,070
Webster County	D	+28.6%	3,324	1,840	5,189
Whitley County	R	−46.1%	2,352	6,378	8,731
Wolfe County	D	+24.0%	1,450	889	2,341
Woodford County	D	+22.0%	2,154	1,374	3,542