John McCain carried Kentucky R+16.2.

Barack Obama (D) vs John McCain (R) in Kentucky, 2008. The state ran 23.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.3 nationally). A US Senate contest shared the 2008 ballot here.

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · John McCain (R)

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Kentucky result

1,826,508 votes counted

Obama (D)

751,985

41.2%

McCain (R)

1,048,462

57.4%

All others

26,061

1.4%

Margin

R+16.2

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2008 presidential election

Kentucky, 2008

McCainR+16.2

How it voted

Share of the 2008 vote

John McCain ✓Republican	57.4%	1,048,462
Barack ObamaDemocratic	41.2%	751,985
OtherAll other candidates	1.4%	26,061

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 2008 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2008 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 — 2008

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−52.7%	1,668	5,512	7,298
Allen County	R	−43.8%	2,024	5,258	7,390
Anderson County	R	−32.4%	3,462	6,885	10,552
Ballard County	R	−27.3%	1,427	2,537	4,060
Barren County	R	−33.9%	5,434	11,133	16,807
Bath County	R	−0.5%	2,210	2,234	4,543
Bell County	R	−40.6%	2,782	6,681	9,598
Boone County	R	−34.5%	16,292	33,812	50,774
Bourbon County	R	−17.2%	3,385	4,820	8,330
Boyd County	R	−12.3%	8,886	11,430	20,670
Boyle County	R	−23.2%	4,769	7,701	12,635
Bracken County	R	−24.3%	1,241	2,066	3,399
Breathitt County	R	−9.3%	2,205	2,671	5,030
Breckinridge County	R	−25.5%	3,110	5,281	8,522
Bullitt County	R	−32.3%	10,177	20,102	30,726
Butler County	R	−40.3%	1,555	3,696	5,307
Caldwell County	R	−26.7%	2,212	3,866	6,199
Calloway County	R	−18.3%	6,165	8,991	15,404
Campbell County	R	−20.9%	15,622	24,046	40,297
Carlisle County	R	−31.3%	879	1,699	2,617
Carroll County	R	−8.2%	1,716	2,032	3,835
Carter County	R	−9.5%	4,316	5,252	9,813
Casey County	R	−58.1%	1,219	4,679	5,957
Christian County	R	−21.2%	8,880	13,699	22,778
Clark County	R	−25.1%	5,749	9,664	15,628
Clay County	R	−56.5%	1,552	5,710	7,364
Clinton County	R	−62.4%	761	3,366	4,172
Crittenden County	R	−34.4%	1,254	2,604	3,930
Cumberland County	R	−48.6%	697	2,056	2,797
Daviess County	R	−10.1%	19,282	23,692	43,622
Edmonson County	R	−36.2%	1,652	3,562	5,270
Elliott County	D	+25.2%	1,535	902	2,515
Estill County	R	−40.1%	1,555	3,685	5,314
Fayette County	D	+4.8%	66,042	59,884	127,639
Fleming County	R	−19.8%	2,279	3,432	5,832
Floyd County	R	−1.3%	7,530	7,741	15,659
Franklin County	R	−0.6%	11,767	11,911	24,079
Fulton County	R	−10.3%	1,238	1,530	2,825
Gallatin County	R	−17.6%	1,278	1,840	3,193
Garrard County	R	−43.1%	2,012	5,118	7,210
Grant County	R	−27.4%	3,112	5,510	8,754
Graves County	R	−26.1%	5,843	10,056	16,155
Grayson County	R	−34.8%	3,154	6,605	9,903
Green County	R	−50.8%	1,204	3,785	5,079
Greenup County	R	−14.1%	6,621	8,849	15,798
Hancock County	D	+5.0%	2,135	1,928	4,144
Hardin County	R	−20.6%	15,650	23,896	39,990
Harlan County	R	−46.2%	2,586	7,165	9,914
Harrison County	R	−21.1%	2,916	4,520	7,590
Hart County	R	−30.9%	2,290	4,397	6,818
Henderson County	D	+2.6%	10,049	9,523	19,861
Henry County	R	−19.6%	2,725	4,081	6,919
Hickman County	R	−26.4%	812	1,406	2,250
Hopkins County	R	−24.9%	7,104	11,916	19,348
Jackson County	R	−70.1%	743	4,407	5,224
Jefferson County	D	+12.0%	196,435	153,957	353,892
Jessamine County	R	−37.0%	6,236	13,711	20,214
Johnson County	R	−41.6%	2,407	5,948	8,517
Kenton County	R	−20.9%	26,480	40,714	68,213
Knott County	R	−7.9%	2,612	3,070	5,820
Knox County	R	−44.6%	3,074	8,150	11,389
Larue County	R	−36.3%	1,913	4,153	6,178
Laurel County	R	−58.0%	4,618	17,660	22,500
Lawrence County	R	−26.0%	2,036	3,503	5,649
Lee County	R	−44.2%	752	1,978	2,773
Leslie County	R	−63.9%	766	3,574	4,397
Letcher County	R	−33.3%	2,623	5,367	8,235
Lewis County	R	−35.5%	1,510	3,213	4,791
Lincoln County	R	−38.5%	2,752	6,273	9,151
Livingston County	R	−27.6%	1,622	2,890	4,593
Logan County	R	−28.6%	3,811	6,925	10,890
Lyon County	R	−16.7%	1,577	2,220	3,855
Madison County	R	−22.4%	12,392	19,694	32,537
Magoffin County	R	−7.1%	2,105	2,434	4,651
Marion County	R	−3.2%	3,596	3,842	7,615
Marshall County	R	−24.7%	5,683	9,512	15,487
Martin County	R	−54.6%	808	2,824	3,692
Mason County	R	−17.0%	2,891	4,102	7,121
McCracken County	R	−25.2%	11,285	19,043	30,754
McCreary County	R	−52.2%	1,258	4,078	5,407
McLean County	R	−9.6%	1,963	2,386	4,422
Meade County	R	−21.0%	4,343	6,691	11,206
Menifee County	D	+4.9%	1,276	1,155	2,489
Mercer County	R	−36.0%	3,159	6,781	10,060
Metcalfe County	R	−33.0%	1,350	2,734	4,199
Monroe County	R	−52.9%	1,067	3,537	4,665
Montgomery County	R	−16.6%	4,234	5,947	10,331
Morgan County	R	−11.8%	1,879	2,396	4,379
Muhlenberg County	R	−1.8%	6,221	6,447	12,889
Nelson County	R	−13.7%	7,654	10,139	18,146
Nicholas County	R	−12.2%	1,272	1,634	2,970
Ohio County	R	−16.4%	4,059	5,687	9,938
Oldham County	R	−30.7%	10,000	18,997	29,316
Owen County	R	−26.8%	1,694	2,969	4,751
Owsley County	R	−53.3%	381	1,279	1,686
Pendleton County	R	−28.4%	2,027	3,676	5,802
Perry County	R	−32.0%	3,444	6,762	10,375
Pike County	R	−13.8%	9,525	12,655	22,643
Powell County	R	−15.5%	2,065	2,837	4,972
Pulaski County	R	−55.4%	5,590	19,862	25,766
Robertson County	R	−8.1%	451	533	1,015
Rockcastle County	R	−53.3%	1,410	4,757	6,274
Rowan County	D	+2.0%	4,074	3,907	8,154
Russell County	R	−56.3%	1,569	5,779	7,475
Scott County	R	−20.6%	7,712	11,782	19,730
Shelby County	R	−24.7%	6,871	11,451	18,540
Simpson County	R	−22.7%	2,775	4,437	7,309
Spencer County	R	−35.5%	2,519	5,378	8,049
Taylor County	R	−40.5%	3,165	7,568	10,860
Todd County	R	−36.3%	1,543	3,336	4,941
Trigg County	R	−29.8%	2,246	4,189	6,527
Trimble County	R	−19.8%	1,484	2,239	3,812
Union County	R	−5.2%	2,804	3,120	6,034
Warren County	R	−18.9%	17,669	25,993	44,145
Washington County	R	−26.8%	1,890	3,305	5,275
Wayne County	R	−37.1%	2,201	4,868	7,196
Webster County	R	−11.7%	2,390	3,037	5,540
Whitley County	R	−47.7%	3,484	10,015	13,704
Wolfe County	D	+2.9%	1,493	1,408	2,968
Woodford County	R	−17.1%	5,027	7,130	12,297