George W. Bush carried Kentucky R+19.9.

John Kerry (D) vs George W. Bush (R) in Kentucky, 2004. The state ran 17.4 points more Republican than the nation (R+2.5 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2004 ballot here.

Nominees: John Kerry (D) · George W. Bush (R)

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Kentucky result

1,796,079 votes counted

Kerry (D)

712,733

39.7%

Bush (R)

1,069,439

59.5%

All others

13,907

0.8%

Margin

R+19.9

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2004 presidential election

Kentucky, 2004

BushR+19.9

How it voted

Share of the 2004 vote

George W. Bush ✓Republican	59.5%	1,069,439
John KerryDemocratic	39.7%	712,733
OtherAll other candidates	0.8%	13,907

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 2004 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2004 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 — 2004

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−51.9%	1,764	5,628	7,447
Allen County	R	−45.8%	1,923	5,202	7,163
Anderson County	R	−33.6%	3,141	6,363	9,591
Ballard County	R	−15.1%	1,759	2,389	4,177
Barren County	R	−34.7%	5,216	10,822	16,140
Bath County	D	+6.9%	2,608	2,269	4,919
Bell County	R	−22.8%	4,210	6,722	11,002
Boone County	R	−44.2%	12,391	32,329	45,082
Bourbon County	R	−21.4%	3,198	4,953	8,217
Boyd County	R	−6.3%	10,132	11,501	21,777
Boyle County	R	−25.0%	4,646	7,764	12,490
Bracken County	R	−31.9%	1,213	2,363	3,610
Breathitt County	D	+13.2%	3,327	2,542	5,944
Breckinridge County	R	−31.6%	2,884	5,580	8,520
Bullitt County	R	−36.3%	9,043	19,433	28,627
Butler County	R	−47.9%	1,436	4,109	5,578
Caldwell County	R	−28.7%	2,245	4,066	6,349
Calloway County	R	−23.5%	5,728	9,293	15,145
Campbell County	R	−28.1%	14,253	25,540	40,175
Carlisle County	R	−22.2%	1,102	1,734	2,845
Carroll County	R	−12.5%	1,688	2,175	3,897
Carter County	D	+1.4%	5,577	5,422	11,117
Casey County	R	−62.3%	1,174	5,109	6,321
Christian County	R	−33.1%	6,970	13,935	21,015
Clark County	R	−25.3%	5,661	9,540	15,317
Clay County	R	−49.8%	1,901	5,726	7,687
Clinton County	R	−55.5%	952	3,369	4,352
Crittenden County	R	−30.7%	1,438	2,726	4,190
Cumberland County	R	−46.6%	848	2,356	3,239
Daviess County	R	−23.1%	15,788	25,372	41,483
Edmonson County	R	−31.7%	1,856	3,595	5,481
Elliott County	D	+40.3%	2,064	871	2,957
Estill County	R	−31.0%	1,907	3,633	5,575
Fayette County	R	−6.7%	57,994	66,406	125,576
Fleming County	R	−21.7%	2,406	3,749	6,203
Floyd County	D	+25.3%	11,132	6,612	17,885
Franklin County	R	−2.7%	11,620	12,281	24,133
Fulton County	R	−6.5%	1,340	1,527	2,890
Gallatin County	R	−22.2%	1,188	1,869	3,073
Garrard County	R	−44.2%	1,841	4,784	6,658
Grant County	R	−35.5%	2,818	5,951	8,824
Graves County	R	−22.8%	6,206	9,903	16,229
Grayson County	R	−42.0%	2,905	7,170	10,143
Green County	R	−49.1%	1,312	3,866	5,206
Greenup County	R	−6.5%	7,630	8,696	16,435
Hancock County	R	−14.3%	1,709	2,286	4,029
Hardin County	R	−36.0%	11,507	24,627	36,441
Harlan County	R	−21.0%	4,332	6,659	11,070
Harrison County	R	−26.5%	2,807	4,855	7,731
Hart County	R	−26.5%	2,470	4,269	6,784
Henderson County	R	−12.7%	8,101	10,467	18,701
Henry County	R	−26.6%	2,366	4,094	6,499
Hickman County	R	−20.0%	926	1,395	2,342
Hopkins County	R	−31.3%	6,420	12,314	18,843
Jackson County	R	−69.5%	769	4,369	5,178
Jefferson County	D	+1.7%	170,158	164,566	337,569
Jessamine County	R	−40.3%	5,476	12,972	18,580
Johnson County	R	−28.5%	3,288	5,940	9,304
Kenton County	R	−31.0%	22,834	43,664	67,123
Knott County	D	+27.5%	4,685	2,648	7,394
Knox County	R	−35.6%	3,822	8,108	12,028
Larue County	R	−38.3%	1,823	4,111	5,968
Laurel County	R	−51.8%	5,297	16,819	22,264
Lawrence County	R	−16.1%	2,705	3,755	6,513
Lee County	R	−39.0%	878	2,018	2,920
Leslie County	R	−48.2%	1,266	3,661	4,964
Letcher County	R	−6.7%	4,192	4,801	9,065
Lewis County	R	−38.5%	1,667	3,778	5,484
Lincoln County	R	−36.1%	2,796	5,996	8,863
Livingston County	R	−14.2%	2,007	2,675	4,706
Logan County	R	−28.6%	3,768	6,815	10,644
Lyon County	R	−9.2%	1,769	2,132	3,925
Madison County	R	−24.1%	11,525	18,922	30,707
Magoffin County	D	+0.1%	2,843	2,836	5,718
Marion County	R	−6.9%	3,399	3,905	7,354
Marshall County	R	−17.2%	6,383	9,049	15,521
Martin County	R	−32.9%	1,504	2,996	4,539
Mason County	R	−24.5%	2,644	4,381	7,079
McCracken County	R	−23.0%	11,361	18,218	29,797
McCreary County	R	−45.5%	1,530	4,121	5,693
McLean County	R	−17.2%	1,823	2,584	4,435
Meade County	R	−31.3%	3,724	7,152	10,951
Menifee County	D	+2.7%	1,284	1,215	2,528
Mercer County	R	−35.1%	3,224	6,745	10,028
Metcalfe County	R	−28.2%	1,472	2,645	4,157
Monroe County	R	−59.9%	1,158	4,657	5,843
Montgomery County	R	−11.2%	4,506	5,647	10,230
Morgan County	R	−2.8%	2,532	2,682	5,272
Muhlenberg County	R	−0.8%	6,636	6,749	13,479
Nelson County	R	−21.6%	6,524	10,161	16,844
Nicholas County	R	−12.0%	1,332	1,700	3,059
Ohio County	R	−26.8%	3,627	6,311	10,028
Oldham County	R	−39.5%	8,080	18,801	27,132
Owen County	R	−31.0%	1,615	3,084	4,741
Owsley County	R	−56.4%	430	1,558	1,999
Pendleton County	R	−34.9%	1,940	4,045	6,025
Perry County	R	−6.8%	5,400	6,187	11,655
Pike County	D	+5.2%	14,002	12,611	26,770
Powell County	R	−8.8%	2,249	2,687	4,960
Pulaski County	R	−53.7%	5,829	19,535	25,516
Robertson County	R	−23.6%	413	670	1,090
Rockcastle County	R	−56.5%	1,320	4,804	6,166
Rowan County	D	+5.7%	4,556	4,063	8,706
Russell County	R	−54.2%	1,772	6,009	7,821
Scott County	R	−25.1%	6,325	10,600	17,050
Shelby County	R	−34.5%	5,277	10,909	16,313
Simpson County	R	−21.9%	2,730	4,273	7,043
Spencer County	R	−41.7%	1,970	4,816	6,822
Taylor County	R	−41.5%	2,979	7,247	10,295
Todd County	R	−36.8%	1,491	3,242	4,754
Trigg County	R	−32.4%	2,046	4,023	6,111
Trimble County	R	−23.9%	1,428	2,332	3,790
Union County	R	−19.0%	2,398	3,534	5,977
Warren County	R	−27.1%	14,326	25,100	39,711
Washington County	R	−33.5%	1,724	3,479	5,236
Wayne County	R	−31.4%	2,616	5,027	7,685
Webster County	R	−16.3%	2,304	3,207	5,547
Whitley County	R	−40.9%	3,985	9,559	13,629
Wolfe County	D	+11.4%	1,744	1,385	3,155
Woodford County	R	−21.4%	4,480	6,937	11,502