Adlai Stevenson carried Kentucky D+0.1.

Adlai Stevenson (D) vs Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) in Kentucky, 1952. The state ran 10.8 points more Democratic than the nation (R+10.8 nationally).

Nominees: Adlai Stevenson (D) · Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)

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Kentucky result

993,148 votes counted

Stevenson (D)

495,729

49.9%

Eisenhower (R)

495,029

49.8%

All others

2,390

0.2%

Margin

D+0.1

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1952 presidential election

Kentucky, 1952

How it voted

Share of the 1952 vote

Adlai Stevenson ✓Democratic	49.9%	495,729
Dwight D. EisenhowerRepublican	49.8%	495,029
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	2,390

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 1952 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1952 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 — 1952

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−26.2%	2,184	3,737	5,927
Allen County	R	−25.4%	1,750	2,946	4,717
Anderson County	D	+19.6%	2,153	1,445	3,607
Ballard County	D	+54.7%	2,910	851	3,767
Barren County	D	+10.5%	4,618	3,743	8,365
Bath County	D	+16.0%	2,400	1,737	4,142
Bell County	R	−10.1%	5,276	6,461	11,761
Boone County	D	+6.3%	2,620	2,309	4,946
Bourbon County	D	+19.9%	3,339	2,229	5,570
Boyd County	R	−0.9%	10,245	10,426	20,720
Boyle County	D	+11.9%	3,771	2,969	6,763
Bracken County	D	+1.8%	1,753	1,690	3,444
Breathitt County	D	+42.0%	3,383	1,381	4,764
Breckinridge County	R	−4.2%	2,828	3,078	5,922
Bullitt County	D	+24.3%	2,121	1,292	3,418
Butler County	R	−44.2%	1,157	2,996	4,165
Caldwell County	R	−8.0%	2,133	2,507	4,650
Calloway County	D	+49.6%	5,434	1,829	7,275
Campbell County	R	−15.4%	12,976	17,705	30,716
Carlisle County	D	+48.0%	1,867	656	2,524
Carroll County	D	+43.7%	2,605	1,019	3,632
Carter County	R	−16.6%	3,019	4,221	7,262
Casey County	R	−43.0%	1,522	3,831	5,366
Christian County	D	+16.5%	6,787	4,858	11,672
Clark County	D	+16.5%	3,620	2,592	6,212
Clay County	R	−50.4%	1,365	4,161	5,544
Clinton County	R	−61.4%	678	2,856	3,546
Crittenden County	R	−26.7%	1,427	2,471	3,914
Cumberland County	R	−45.3%	909	2,426	3,349
Daviess County	R	−16.3%	7,522	10,462	18,010
Edmonson County	R	−39.3%	992	2,279	3,273
Elliott County	D	+53.5%	2,074	629	2,703
Estill County	R	−16.0%	1,900	2,630	4,550
Fayette County	R	−9.8%	14,275	17,376	31,789
Fleming County	R	−2.9%	2,446	2,592	5,050
Floyd County	D	+35.7%	8,940	4,238	13,189
Franklin County	D	+40.5%	7,309	3,097	10,411
Fulton County	D	+35.7%	2,673	1,266	3,942
Gallatin County	D	+49.6%	1,383	465	1,851
Garrard County	R	−10.9%	1,927	2,398	4,331
Grant County	D	+22.5%	2,545	1,609	4,161
Graves County	D	+53.2%	9,592	2,925	12,530
Grayson County	R	−26.2%	2,341	4,011	6,362
Green County	R	−19.7%	1,857	2,773	4,641
Greenup County	D	+4.0%	4,716	4,354	9,078
Hancock County	R	−6.5%	1,177	1,341	2,525
Hardin County	D	+8.0%	4,599	3,914	8,558
Harlan County	D	+15.8%	10,025	7,284	17,330
Harrison County	D	+28.6%	3,367	1,866	5,240
Hart County	D	+0.3%	2,952	2,934	5,903
Henderson County	D	+9.0%	5,913	4,929	10,893
Henry County	D	+37.2%	3,468	1,584	5,062
Hickman County	D	+39.0%	1,988	871	2,865
Hopkins County	D	+25.0%	7,157	4,285	11,469
Jackson County	R	−73.6%	471	3,104	3,578
Jefferson County	R	−9.6%	81,642	99,069	181,447
Jessamine County	D	+8.0%	2,578	2,193	4,792
Johnson County	R	−32.4%	2,654	5,199	7,856
Kenton County	D	+0.7%	19,457	19,200	38,709
Knott County	D	+59.4%	4,437	1,124	5,582
Knox County	R	−32.8%	2,766	5,470	8,253
Larue County	D	+11.9%	2,161	1,701	3,862
Laurel County	R	−43.6%	2,263	5,776	8,051
Lawrence County	R	−1.9%	2,597	2,696	5,302
Lee County	R	−17.6%	1,100	1,572	2,678
Leslie County	R	−64.0%	705	3,239	3,959
Letcher County	D	+4.2%	5,097	4,689	9,786
Lewis County	R	−36.0%	1,556	3,317	4,888
Lincoln County	R	−4.5%	2,910	3,186	6,114
Livingston County	D	+17.0%	1,554	1,102	2,657
Logan County	D	+28.1%	4,917	2,758	7,690
Lyon County	D	+30.5%	1,404	746	2,158
Madison County	D	+0.1%	5,901	5,886	11,815
Magoffin County	D	+3.5%	2,243	2,093	4,342
Marion County	D	+16.5%	3,159	2,262	5,429
Marshall County	D	+39.9%	3,445	1,474	4,934
Martin County	R	−38.5%	1,174	2,641	3,815
Mason County	D	+0.1%	3,614	3,606	7,228
McCracken County	D	+34.0%	12,302	6,051	18,375
McCreary County	R	−56.2%	937	3,360	4,309
McLean County	D	+4.5%	1,961	1,791	3,763
Meade County	D	+23.4%	2,040	1,265	3,310
Menifee County	D	+31.2%	1,219	638	1,863
Mercer County	D	+3.7%	2,740	2,545	5,312
Metcalfe County	R	−8.1%	1,848	2,176	4,037
Monroe County	R	−54.4%	1,084	3,675	4,759
Montgomery County	D	+14.5%	2,653	1,981	4,648
Morgan County	D	+41.3%	3,161	1,311	4,476
Muhlenberg County	D	+2.8%	5,037	4,761	9,812
Nelson County	D	+5.4%	3,417	3,064	6,494
Nicholas County	D	+22.3%	1,819	1,156	2,979
Ohio County	R	−24.2%	2,700	4,428	7,142
Oldham County	D	+0.3%	1,735	1,723	3,476
Owen County	D	+58.9%	3,174	819	4,000
Owsley County	R	−64.3%	419	1,954	2,387
Pendleton County	D	+2.5%	1,993	1,895	3,892
Perry County	D	+3.0%	5,538	5,210	10,762
Pike County	D	+13.2%	12,761	9,778	22,576
Powell County	D	+10.2%	1,218	992	2,213
Pulaski County	R	−41.0%	4,032	9,651	13,707
Robertson County	D	+14.1%	827	623	1,451
Rockcastle County	R	−45.0%	1,326	3,503	4,842
Rowan County	D	+5.6%	2,220	1,985	4,216
Russell County	R	−42.5%	1,171	2,913	4,095
Scott County	D	+20.8%	3,171	2,077	5,261
Shelby County	D	+24.4%	4,076	2,474	6,562
Simpson County	D	+35.0%	2,724	1,310	4,040
Spencer County	D	+27.9%	1,283	723	2,007
Taylor County	R	−12.3%	2,439	3,126	5,592
Todd County	D	+36.1%	2,995	1,401	4,416
Trigg County	D	+39.0%	2,585	1,134	3,725
Trimble County	D	+66.3%	1,855	370	2,240
Union County	D	+27.3%	3,445	1,967	5,422
Warren County	R	−1.1%	7,106	7,267	14,407
Washington County	R	−4.0%	2,114	2,290	4,415
Wayne County	R	−16.0%	2,461	3,396	5,861
Webster County	D	+30.8%	3,516	1,858	5,386
Whitley County	R	−40.7%	2,958	7,030	10,011
Wolfe County	D	+28.0%	1,557	876	2,435
Woodford County	D	+11.4%	2,319	1,845	4,171