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Following is a table of United States presidential elections in Kentucky, ordered by year. Since its admission to statehood in 1792, Kentucky has participated in every U.S. presidential election. Prior to the election of 1792, Kentucky was part of Virginia, and residents of the area voted as part of that state. Winners of the state are in bold.
From 1964 through 2004, Kentucky voted for the eventual winner of the presidential election each time, until losing its bellwether status in the 2008 election. That year Republican John McCain won Kentucky, carrying it 57 percent to 41 percent, but lost the national popular and electoral votes to Democrat Barack Obama .
Map based on last Senate election in each state as of 2024. Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to US states whose voters vote predominantly for one party—the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states—in presidential and other statewide elections.
The state had the first contest for students to redesign the "I Voted" election sticker in 2024. Here's the winner and where voters can find it. Some Kentucky voters can get this 'I Voted' sticker ...
Rand Paul, like many other conservatives, opposes aid for a disaster until it hits home.
When No. 1 Georgia (12-0, 8-0 SEC) squares off with No. 8 Alabama (11-1, 8-0 SEC) at 4 p.m. in Saturday’s SEC football championship game, it will mark the end of an era.. The matchup between ...
The longest Democratic voting streak in presidential elections is held by Elliott County, Kentucky, which voted Democratic in every year from 1872 to 2012, though it voted Republican in 2016. [4] The longest ongoing streak is currently held by Northampton County, North Carolina , which has voted Democratic in every election since 1900. [ 1 ]
The "blue wall" is a term coined in 2009 in the political culture of the United States to refer to the several states (along with Washington, D.C.) that reliably "voted blue" i.e. for the Democratic Party in the six consecutive presidential elections from 1992 to 2012. This trend suggested a fundamental dominance in presidential politics for ...