Kentucky 1956 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Republican Candidate won the Kentucky 1956 presidential election with 572,192 votes (54.3%), a margin of R+9.1. Kentucky's 8 electoral votes went to the Republican ticket.

Statewide Results

45.2%

54.3%

476,453

Democratic Candidate (45.2%)

572,192

Republican Candidate (54.3%)

Total Votes: 1,053,805|Margin: R+9.1

County Results

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County Results (120 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Ballard County	D+57.2	D+36.4	D+9.2	3,936	D+2.5%
Trimble County	D+55.7	D+27.3	R+12.1	2,310	R+10.6%
Owen County	D+54.6	D+41.2	R+4.9	3,791	R+4.2%
Carlisle County	D+54.4	D+22.3	R+1.2	2,676	D+6.4%
Hickman County	D+50.0	D+11.7	R+13.6	3,163	D+11.0%
Graves County	D+46.2	D+3.2	R+3.7	13,815	R+7.0%
Calloway County	D+45.6	D+19.3	R+12.3	8,460	R+3.9%
Fulton County	D+43.8	D+15.6	R+7.4	4,128	D+8.1%
Knott County	D+39.8	D+53.8	D+44.2	5,712	R+19.6%
Gallatin County	D+38.2	D+17.8	Even	1,771	R+11.4%
Marshall County	D+36.7	D+17.0	D+5.2	6,382	R+3.2%
Todd County	D+35.0	D+0.3	R+20.1	4,585	R+1.0%
Elliott County	D+35.0	D+49.8	D+47.2	3,176	R+18.5%
McCracken County	D+33.1	D+12.7	R+1.4	21,258	R+1.0%
Simpson County	D+32.8	D+14.4	R+17.8	4,350	R+2.2%
Carroll County	D+31.3	D+31.6	R+7.6	3,316	R+12.3%
Trigg County	D+30.8	D+15.3	R+13.7	3,855	R+8.1%
Henry County	D+30.7	D+26.5	R+10.2	4,838	R+6.5%
Logan County	D+29.9	D+11.5	R+18.6	8,174	D+1.8%
Morgan County	D+25.5	D+29.7	D+14.9	5,048	R+15.9%
Nicholas County	D+24.8	D+18.5	R+16.0	2,695	D+2.5%
Harrison County	D+24.5	D+20.1	R+18.0	5,657	R+4.1%
Wolfe County	D+22.8	D+30.8	D+5.1	2,742	R+5.2%
Franklin County	D+22.4	D+25.6	R+17.2	10,553	R+18.0%
Lyon County	D+21.2	D+20.9	D+13.4	2,535	R+9.3%
Webster County	D+21.0	D+28.3	D+9.6	5,253	R+9.8%
Menifee County	D+19.4	D+27.2	D+9.7	1,985	R+11.7%
Scott County	D+19.0	D+9.9	R+26.0	4,848	R+1.8%
Shelby County	D+18.4	D+12.4	R+23.6	6,799	R+6.0%
Livingston County	D+18.0	D+15.4	D+3.6	3,046	D+1.0%
Union County	D+17.5	D+30.0	D+10.0	5,193	R+9.8%
Grant County	D+15.5	D+11.8	R+25.1	3,996	R+7.0%
Spencer County	D+15.0	D+12.8	R+23.0	2,117	R+12.9%
Breathitt County	D+14.5	D+43.1	D+9.2	5,673	R+27.5%
Bourbon County	D+13.6	D+18.4	R+18.1	5,790	R+6.3%
Christian County	D+13.3	R+7.5	R+32.5	11,495	R+3.3%
Robertson County	D+12.5	D+14.6	R+9.6	1,412	R+1.6%
Floyd County	D+12.4	D+44.2	D+32.4	14,088	R+23.3%
Barren County	D+10.6	R+9.4	R+26.2	9,414	D+0.2%
Hopkins County	D+10.4	D+16.8	R+16.2	11,917	R+14.7%
Meade County	D+9.4	D+7.7	R+20.8	3,692	R+14.0%
Montgomery County	D+8.9	D+8.1	R+21.5	4,895	R+5.6%
Clark County	D+8.7	D+7.9	R+26.0	6,663	R+7.9%
Bath County	D+8.0	D+19.2	R+6.3	4,125	R+8.0%
Bullitt County	D+6.3	R+3.8	R+31.0	4,290	R+17.9%
Anderson County	D+5.3	D+10.8	R+32.9	3,973	R+14.3%
Henderson County	D+3.8	D+22.0	R+4.2	10,838	R+5.2%
McLean County	D+2.0	D+17.5	R+0.6	3,870	R+2.5%
Powell County	D+0.1	D+7.7	R+18.0	2,685	R+10.1%
Boyle County	D+0.1	D+6.8	R+25.3	6,880	R+11.7%
Marion County	R+0.3	D+24.9	R+7.6	5,892	R+16.8%
Pike County	R+0.9	D+16.8	D+14.2	23,185	R+14.1%
Hart County	R+1.1	R+2.0	R+14.7	6,506	R+1.4%
Rowan County	R+1.9	D+3.6	R+14.7	4,857	R+7.4%
Madison County	R+2.4	R+1.3	R+26.8	11,710	R+2.6%
Woodford County	R+3.4	D+0.3	R+34.5	4,257	R+14.7%
Boone County	R+3.4	R+20.4	R+44.4	6,090	R+9.7%
Greenup County	R+4.0	D+1.9	R+3.7	10,538	R+8.0%
Magoffin County	R+4.0	D+13.6	D+11.3	4,509	R+7.5%
Mason County	R+4.1	D+4.1	R+16.9	7,490	R+4.2%
Fleming County	R+4.3	R+3.2	R+27.1	5,280	R+1.4%
Caldwell County	R+5.2	D+5.6	R+13.0	5,124	D+2.9%
Muhlenberg County	R+5.6	D+14.7	D+0.5	10,113	R+8.5%
Jessamine County	R+5.9	R+17.6	R+49.2	4,553	R+13.9%
Warren County	R+6.4	R+11.2	R+34.0	15,310	R+5.3%
Mercer County	R+6.7	D+3.6	R+28.9	5,952	R+10.4%
Bracken County	R+7.3	D+10.1	R+22.7	3,276	R+9.1%
Hardin County	R+7.7	R+7.7	R+38.3	9,430	R+15.7%
Lawrence County	R+8.0	R+4.1	R+9.9	5,438	R+6.2%
Lincoln County	R+8.9	R+0.7	R+23.0	6,510	R+4.4%
Metcalfe County	R+9.0	R+10.4	R+19.6	4,438	R+0.8%
Oldham County	R+9.2	R+22.1	R+47.8	3,909	R+9.5%
Pendleton County	R+9.2	D+6.1	R+28.5	4,174	R+11.7%
Washington County	R+9.7	D+3.3	R+21.9	4,637	R+5.8%
Nelson County	R+11.8	D+23.8	R+17.9	7,365	R+17.2%
Harlan County	R+12.1	D+23.1	D+4.8	15,761	R+27.9%
Larue County	R+12.4	D+4.3	R+30.9	4,259	R+24.3%
Garrard County	R+12.4	R+18.1	R+35.2	4,133	R+1.5%
Hancock County	R+12.6	D+5.4	R+20.6	2,346	R+6.1%
Breckinridge County	R+13.7	R+6.8	R+24.7	6,671	R+9.5%
Boyd County	R+14.7	D+1.5	R+6.4	20,082	R+13.8%
Letcher County	R+16.2	D+10.9	D+7.2	9,904	R+20.4%
Kenton County	R+16.6	R+17.4	R+39.9	36,070	R+17.2%
Jefferson County	R+17.5	R+0.5	R+15.7	203,917	R+7.9%
Perry County	R+18.3	D+17.4	D+0.4	11,161	R+21.4%
Bell County	R+20.7	D+7.7	R+13.6	11,319	R+10.7%
Estill County	R+21.2	R+17.5	R+37.5	4,868	R+5.2%
Wayne County	R+22.8	R+19.3	R+32.2	5,902	R+6.9%
Taylor County	R+23.0	R+10.9	R+28.6	6,342	R+10.7%
Fayette County	R+23.4	R+6.7	R+28.2	35,683	R+13.7%
Allen County	R+23.6	R+22.3	R+38.4	5,193	D+1.8%
Carter County	R+24.4	R+1.9	R+7.7	8,258	R+7.8%
Adair County	R+25.0	R+27.5	R+42.4	6,651	D+1.2%
Crittenden County	R+25.9	R+18.9	R+18.7	4,068	D+0.8%
Green County	R+26.1	R+22.2	R+33.1	4,689	R+6.4%
Daviess County	R+26.2	D+0.8	R+18.6	18,373	R+9.9%
Campbell County	R+28.3	R+19.5	R+40.4	29,171	R+12.9%
Ohio County	R+28.4	R+20.0	R+22.2	7,649	R+4.2%
Lee County	R+30.8	R+23.2	R+41.4	2,716	R+13.2%
Lewis County	R+35.5	R+28.7	R+39.6	4,927	D+0.5%
Grayson County	R+38.6	R+28.4	R+42.7	6,592	R+12.3%
Russell County	R+40.9	R+38.1	R+50.9	4,358	D+1.7%
Johnson County	R+42.2	R+22.8	R+25.7	8,165	R+9.8%
Knox County	R+42.8	R+21.6	R+32.2	8,882	R+10.0%
Edmonson County	R+43.8	R+39.2	R+42.6	3,897	R+4.5%
Cumberland County	R+44.0	R+45.3	R+55.9	3,601	D+1.3%
Casey County	R+45.2	R+52.2	R+58.7	5,749	R+2.1%
Pulaski County	R+46.2	R+32.1	R+53.2	14,572	R+5.2%
Butler County	R+46.6	R+41.7	R+49.3	4,513	R+2.4%
Laurel County	R+47.9	R+37.7	R+49.1	8,916	R+4.3%
Rockcastle County	R+48.4	R+44.4	R+59.7	5,112	R+3.4%
Whitley County	R+48.9	R+28.1	R+37.1	10,438	R+8.2%
Monroe County	R+49.9	R+59.1	R+63.5	5,014	D+4.5%
Martin County	R+61.5	R+27.7	R+37.1	3,633	R+23.0%
Clinton County	R+63.9	R+55.3	R+60.6	4,147	R+2.5%
McCreary County	R+64.8	R+45.4	R+42.4	4,630	R+8.5%
Clay County	R+65.2	R+36.5	R+48.8	5,934	R+14.8%
Owsley County	R+71.7	R+47.9	R+58.9	2,347	R+7.4%
Leslie County	R+75.1	R+44.9	R+51.6	4,315	R+11.1%
Jackson County	R+77.1	R+64.9	R+75.1	4,471	R+3.6%

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