Mitt Romney carried Kentucky R+22.7.

Barack Obama (D) vs Mitt Romney (R) in Kentucky, 2012. The state ran 26.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+3.9 nationally).

Nominees: Barack Obama (D) · Mitt Romney (R)

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Kentucky result

1,798,048 votes counted

Obama (D)

679,370

37.8%

Romney (R)

1,087,190

60.5%

All others

31,488

1.8%

Margin

R+22.7

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2012 presidential election

Kentucky, 2012

RomneyR+22.7

How it voted

Share of the 2012 vote

Mitt Romney ✓Republican	60.5%	1,087,190
Barack ObamaDemocratic	37.8%	679,370
OtherAll other candidates	1.8%	31,488

D+60

R+60

120 counties, each filled by 2012 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 2012 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 — 2012

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−55.0%	1,660	5,841	7,600
Allen County	R	−47.5%	1,808	5,184	7,100
Anderson County	R	−34.0%	3,315	6,822	10,320
Ballard County	R	−37.4%	1,189	2,647	3,895
Barren County	R	−33.3%	5,400	10,922	16,568
Bath County	R	−12.3%	1,770	2,275	4,122
Bell County	R	−51.7%	2,224	7,127	9,482
Boone County	R	−38.6%	15,629	35,922	52,511
Bourbon County	R	−20.4%	3,075	4,692	7,923
Boyd County	R	−16.3%	7,776	10,884	19,049
Boyle County	R	−26.1%	4,471	7,703	12,373
Bracken County	R	−27.3%	1,147	2,029	3,232
Breathitt County	R	−35.1%	1,562	3,318	5,008
Breckinridge County	R	−27.6%	2,825	5,025	7,969
Bullitt County	R	−35.7%	9,971	21,306	31,779
Butler County	R	−47.9%	1,293	3,716	5,060
Caldwell County	R	−35.0%	1,852	3,904	5,860
Calloway County	R	−27.4%	5,317	9,440	15,072
Campbell County	R	−22.8%	15,080	24,240	40,177
Carlisle County	R	−41.4%	750	1,835	2,619
Carroll County	R	−10.1%	1,629	1,999	3,680
Carter County	R	−21.3%	3,383	5,279	8,908
Casey County	R	−62.7%	1,086	4,904	6,091
Christian County	R	−23.8%	8,252	13,475	21,955
Clark County	R	−30.5%	5,228	9,931	15,416
Clay County	R	−68.6%	1,111	6,176	7,383
Clinton County	R	−64.1%	752	3,569	4,393
Crittenden County	R	−48.8%	960	2,839	3,854
Cumberland County	R	−56.7%	599	2,216	2,854
Daviess County	R	−21.1%	16,208	25,092	42,087
Edmonson County	R	−39.8%	1,374	3,232	4,668
Elliott County	D	+2.5%	1,186	1,126	2,399
Estill County	R	−46.2%	1,356	3,749	5,184
Fayette County	D	+1.0%	62,080	60,795	125,866
Fleming County	R	−32.3%	1,911	3,780	5,782
Floyd County	R	−33.9%	4,733	9,784	14,890
Franklin County	D	+0.8%	11,535	11,345	23,337
Fulton County	R	−16.2%	1,022	1,425	2,481
Gallatin County	R	−17.0%	1,238	1,758	3,061
Garrard County	R	−51.6%	1,661	5,310	7,077
Grant County	R	−33.2%	2,810	5,664	8,608
Graves County	R	−39.7%	4,547	10,699	15,503
Grayson County	R	−39.5%	2,744	6,404	9,271
Green County	R	−50.8%	1,165	3,634	4,856
Greenup County	R	−18.6%	6,027	8,855	15,168
Hancock County	R	−9.2%	1,833	2,212	4,134
Hardin County	R	−20.8%	15,214	23,357	39,218
Harlan County	R	−64.0%	1,830	8,652	10,657
Harrison County	R	−29.1%	2,471	4,556	7,163
Hart County	R	−29.8%	2,283	4,257	6,622
Henderson County	R	−11.8%	8,091	10,296	18,622
Henry County	R	−21.4%	2,530	3,940	6,590
Hickman County	R	−34.8%	686	1,431	2,139
Hopkins County	R	−39.9%	5,789	13,681	19,767
Jackson County	R	−74.2%	612	4,365	5,061
Jefferson County	D	+11.1%	186,181	148,423	340,412
Jessamine County	R	−39.9%	6,001	14,233	20,633
Johnson County	R	−59.5%	1,723	7,095	9,035
Kenton County	R	−24.3%	24,920	41,389	67,704
Knott County	R	−47.6%	1,420	4,130	5,693
Knox County	R	−53.9%	2,484	8,467	11,100
Larue County	R	−37.8%	1,733	3,911	5,764
Laurel County	R	−63.6%	3,905	18,151	22,408
Lawrence County	R	−44.3%	1,520	3,995	5,592
Lee County	R	−52.7%	595	1,977	2,623
Leslie County	R	−80.9%	433	4,439	4,953
Letcher County	R	−58.3%	1,702	6,811	8,758
Lewis County	R	−41.6%	1,342	3,326	4,769
Lincoln County	R	−41.9%	2,582	6,416	9,152
Livingston County	R	−38.6%	1,346	3,089	4,511
Logan County	R	−32.6%	3,469	6,899	10,510
Lyon County	R	−27.1%	1,373	2,412	3,839
Madison County	R	−28.9%	11,512	21,128	33,322
Magoffin County	R	−39.9%	1,433	3,391	4,906
Marion County	R	−5.2%	3,418	3,800	7,318
Marshall County	R	−34.2%	5,022	10,402	15,719
Martin County	R	−68.1%	574	3,180	3,824
Mason County	R	−23.3%	2,592	4,197	6,881
McCracken County	R	−32.5%	10,062	19,979	30,551
McCreary County	R	−61.2%	1,069	4,564	5,707
McLean County	R	−30.3%	1,432	2,705	4,200
Meade County	R	−22.8%	4,122	6,606	10,916
Menifee County	R	−16.8%	1,048	1,484	2,598
Mercer County	R	−38.8%	2,966	6,820	9,939
Metcalfe County	R	−29.9%	1,425	2,676	4,184
Monroe County	R	−59.5%	936	3,762	4,746
Montgomery County	R	−26.3%	3,701	6,398	10,248
Morgan County	R	−36.9%	1,369	3,021	4,472
Muhlenberg County	R	−23.5%	4,771	7,762	12,739
Nelson County	R	−16.5%	7,611	10,673	18,533
Nicholas County	R	−24.6%	948	1,583	2,581
Ohio County	R	−36.1%	2,987	6,470	9,646
Oldham County	R	−36.6%	9,240	20,179	29,884
Owen County	R	−32.3%	1,501	2,971	4,557
Owsley County	R	−63.0%	283	1,279	1,580
Pendleton County	R	−30.7%	1,859	3,556	5,534
Perry County	R	−58.5%	2,047	8,040	10,241
Pike County	R	−50.5%	5,646	17,590	23,636
Powell County	R	−25.6%	1,620	2,766	4,481
Pulaski County	R	−60.5%	4,976	20,714	26,003
Robertson County	R	−25.6%	340	579	935
Rockcastle County	R	−63.2%	1,097	5,028	6,216
Rowan County	R	−7.8%	3,438	4,035	7,665
Russell County	R	−62.0%	1,445	6,346	7,909
Scott County	R	−25.0%	7,532	12,679	20,573
Shelby County	R	−27.6%	6,634	11,790	18,663
Simpson County	R	−24.0%	2,650	4,355	7,093
Spencer County	R	−37.7%	2,549	5,726	8,431
Taylor County	R	−39.0%	3,285	7,551	10,950
Todd County	R	−39.1%	1,403	3,247	4,718
Trigg County	R	−35.7%	2,115	4,520	6,742
Trimble County	R	−22.0%	1,355	2,133	3,543
Union County	R	−33.7%	1,942	3,955	5,979
Warren County	R	−21.8%	16,805	26,384	43,903
Washington County	R	−35.0%	1,669	3,495	5,219
Wayne County	R	−47.6%	1,855	5,289	7,210
Webster County	R	−33.7%	1,765	3,607	5,470
Whitley County	R	−57.7%	2,683	10,232	13,072
Wolfe County	R	−22.1%	976	1,542	2,559
Woodford County	R	−18.9%	4,883	7,219	12,332