Kentucky 2000 vs 2012: county swing
102 of 120 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 13 changed hands.
| County | 2000 | 2012 | Swing | Votes 2000 | Votes 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knott County flipped | D+35.9 | R+47.6 | R+83.5 | 6,458 | 5,693 |
| Harlan County flipped | D+3.6 | R+64.0 | R+67.6 | 10,535 | 10,657 |
| Floyd County flipped | D+32.6 | R+33.9 | R+66.5 | 15,394 | 14,890 |
| Letcher County flipped | D+6.8 | R+58.4 | R+65.2 | 8,985 | 8,758 |
| Pike County flipped | D+10.5 | R+50.5 | R+61.0 | 24,935 | 23,636 |
| Perry County flipped | D+1.9 | R+58.5 | R+60.4 | 11,000 | 10,241 |
| Breathitt County flipped | D+16.1 | R+35.1 | R+51.2 | 5,073 | 5,008 |
| Martin County | R+21.4 | R+68.2 | R+46.8 | 4,456 | 3,824 |
| Bell County | R+7.5 | R+51.7 | R+44.2 | 10,611 | 9,482 |
| Johnson County | R+18.8 | R+59.4 | R+40.6 | 8,180 | 9,035 |
| Ballard County flipped | D+1.5 | R+37.5 | R+39.0 | 3,770 | 3,895 |
| Leslie County | R+43.9 | R+81.0 | R+37.1 | 4,434 | 4,950 |
| Magoffin County | R+3.4 | R+39.9 | R+36.5 | 5,453 | 4,906 |
| Livingston County | R+2.3 | R+38.7 | R+36.4 | 4,230 | 4,511 |
| Carlisle County | R+9.9 | R+41.5 | R+31.6 | 2,593 | 2,619 |
| Lawrence County | R+13.4 | R+44.2 | R+30.8 | 5,307 | 5,592 |
| Knox County | R+23.9 | R+53.9 | R+30.0 | 9,910 | 11,100 |
| Muhlenberg County flipped | D+6.5 | R+23.4 | R+29.9 | 11,956 | 12,739 |
| Union County | R+3.8 | R+33.6 | R+29.8 | 5,368 | 5,979 |
| Webster County | R+4.1 | R+33.6 | R+29.5 | 5,072 | 5,470 |
| Whitley County | R+28.9 | R+57.8 | R+28.9 | 11,774 | 13,072 |
| Crittenden County | R+20.6 | R+48.8 | R+28.2 | 4,154 | 3,854 |
| Graves County | R+12.4 | R+39.7 | R+27.3 | 14,231 | 15,503 |
| Morgan County | R+9.9 | R+37.0 | R+27.1 | 4,240 | 4,472 |
| Elliott County | D+29.3 | D+2.5 | R+26.8 | 2,381 | 2,399 |
| Lyon County | R+0.3 | R+27.0 | R+26.7 | 3,420 | 3,839 |
| Marshall County | R+7.9 | R+34.3 | R+26.4 | 13,761 | 15,719 |
| Hickman County | R+9.9 | R+34.8 | R+24.9 | 2,124 | 2,139 |
| Hopkins County | R+16.8 | R+39.9 | R+23.1 | 16,489 | 19,767 |
| Fulton County flipped | D+5.7 | R+16.2 | R+21.9 | 2,788 | 2,481 |
| McCreary County | R+39.7 | R+61.3 | R+21.6 | 4,799 | 5,707 |
| Clay County | R+47.7 | R+68.7 | R+21.0 | 6,719 | 7,383 |
| Wayne County | R+27.2 | R+47.7 | R+20.5 | 6,474 | 7,210 |
| McCracken County | R+12.4 | R+32.5 | R+20.1 | 26,689 | 30,551 |
| Powell County | R+5.8 | R+25.5 | R+19.7 | 4,362 | 4,481 |
| Laurel County | R+45.1 | R+63.6 | R+18.5 | 18,120 | 22,408 |
| McLean County | R+11.8 | R+30.3 | R+18.5 | 4,022 | 4,200 |
| Greenup County | R+0.4 | R+18.7 | R+18.3 | 14,663 | 15,168 |
| Montgomery County | R+8.2 | R+26.3 | R+18.1 | 8,519 | 10,248 |
| Caldwell County | R+17.1 | R+35.0 | R+17.9 | 5,482 | 5,860 |
| Boyd County flipped | D+1.5 | R+16.3 | R+17.8 | 19,182 | 19,049 |
| Logan County | R+15.7 | R+32.6 | R+16.9 | 9,332 | 10,510 |
| Wolfe County | R+5.4 | R+22.2 | R+16.8 | 2,425 | 2,559 |
| Carter County | R+4.8 | R+21.3 | R+16.5 | 8,959 | 8,908 |
| Trigg County | R+19.1 | R+35.6 | R+16.5 | 5,344 | 6,742 |
| Estill County | R+30.6 | R+46.1 | R+15.5 | 4,710 | 5,184 |
| Lee County | R+38.3 | R+52.7 | R+14.4 | 2,764 | 2,623 |
| Henderson County flipped | D+2.2 | R+11.9 | R+14.1 | 16,039 | 18,622 |
| Lincoln County | R+27.8 | R+41.9 | R+14.1 | 7,597 | 9,152 |
| Simpson County | R+10.0 | R+24.0 | R+14.0 | 5,824 | 7,093 |
| Clinton County | R+50.9 | R+64.1 | R+13.2 | 4,305 | 4,393 |
| Mercer County | R+26.3 | R+38.8 | R+12.5 | 8,632 | 9,939 |
| Ohio County | R+23.7 | R+36.1 | R+12.4 | 8,882 | 9,646 |
| Calloway County | R+15.2 | R+27.3 | R+12.1 | 13,673 | 15,072 |
| Pulaski County | R+48.5 | R+60.6 | R+12.1 | 21,541 | 26,003 |
| Harrison County | R+17.2 | R+29.1 | R+11.9 | 6,611 | 7,163 |
| Russell County | R+50.3 | R+61.9 | R+11.6 | 7,074 | 7,909 |
| Todd County | R+27.5 | R+39.1 | R+11.6 | 4,187 | 4,718 |
| Garrard County | R+40.0 | R+51.5 | R+11.5 | 5,823 | 7,077 |
| Clark County | R+19.1 | R+30.5 | R+11.4 | 12,473 | 15,416 |
| Menifee County | R+5.8 | R+16.8 | R+11.0 | 2,249 | 2,598 |
| Madison County | R+18.5 | R+28.9 | R+10.4 | 23,666 | 33,322 |
| Bullitt County | R+25.8 | R+35.6 | R+9.8 | 22,701 | 31,779 |
| Rockcastle County | R+53.7 | R+63.3 | R+9.6 | 5,247 | 6,216 |
| Allen County | R+38.4 | R+47.5 | R+9.1 | 6,429 | 7,100 |
| Edmonson County | R+30.9 | R+39.8 | R+8.9 | 4,995 | 4,668 |
| Anderson County | R+25.2 | R+34.0 | R+8.8 | 7,967 | 10,320 |
| Bourbon County | R+11.7 | R+20.4 | R+8.7 | 7,102 | 7,923 |
| Bath County | R+4.8 | R+12.3 | R+7.5 | 4,473 | 4,122 |
| Grant County | R+25.8 | R+33.2 | R+7.4 | 7,103 | 8,608 |
| Cumberland County | R+49.4 | R+56.6 | R+7.2 | 3,006 | 2,854 |
| Rowan County | R+0.6 | R+7.7 | R+7.1 | 7,226 | 7,665 |
| Scott County | R+18.0 | R+25.0 | R+7.0 | 13,786 | 20,573 |
| Barren County | R+27.5 | R+33.3 | R+5.8 | 13,844 | 16,568 |
| Larue County | R+32.0 | R+37.8 | R+5.8 | 5,179 | 5,764 |
| Boyle County | R+20.9 | R+26.2 | R+5.3 | 10,326 | 12,373 |
| Gallatin County | R+12.0 | R+17.0 | R+5.0 | 2,459 | 3,061 |
| Adair County | R+50.2 | R+55.1 | R+4.9 | 7,328 | 7,600 |
| Casey County | R+57.8 | R+62.7 | R+4.9 | 5,469 | 6,091 |
| Hart County | R+25.3 | R+29.8 | R+4.5 | 6,019 | 6,622 |
| Jackson County | R+69.6 | R+74.1 | R+4.5 | 4,855 | 5,061 |
| Spencer County | R+33.4 | R+37.7 | R+4.3 | 4,772 | 8,431 |
| Fleming County | R+28.4 | R+32.3 | R+3.9 | 5,179 | 5,782 |
| Carroll County | R+6.2 | R+10.0 | R+3.8 | 3,499 | 3,680 |
| Jessamine County | R+36.1 | R+39.9 | R+3.8 | 15,061 | 20,633 |
| Meade County | R+19.0 | R+22.7 | R+3.7 | 9,071 | 10,916 |
| Owen County | R+29.1 | R+32.3 | R+3.2 | 4,070 | 4,557 |
| Franklin County | D+3.0 | D+0.8 | R+2.2 | 21,654 | 23,337 |
| Pendleton County | R+28.6 | R+30.7 | R+2.1 | 4,803 | 5,534 |
| Monroe County | R+57.8 | R+59.6 | R+1.8 | 5,569 | 4,746 |
| Taylor County | R+37.2 | R+39.0 | R+1.8 | 9,051 | 10,950 |
| Grayson County | R+37.9 | R+39.5 | R+1.6 | 8,558 | 9,271 |
| Nicholas County | R+23.1 | R+24.6 | R+1.5 | 2,673 | 2,581 |
| Owsley County | R+61.7 | R+63.0 | R+1.3 | 1,826 | 1,580 |
| Christian County | R+22.6 | R+23.8 | R+1.2 | 17,773 | 21,955 |
| Daviess County | R+19.9 | R+21.1 | R+1.2 | 36,240 | 42,087 |
| Butler County | R+47.0 | R+47.8 | R+0.8 | 5,010 | 5,060 |
| Henry County | R+20.6 | R+21.4 | R+0.8 | 5,473 | 6,590 |
| Trimble County | R+21.3 | R+22.0 | R+0.7 | 3,081 | 3,543 |
| Washington County | R+34.5 | R+35.0 | R+0.5 | 4,588 | 5,219 |
| Oldham County | R+36.2 | R+36.6 | R+0.4 | 20,268 | 29,884 |
| Woodford County | R+18.7 | R+18.9 | R+0.2 | 10,137 | 12,332 |
| Nelson County | R+16.6 | R+16.5 | D+0.1 | 13,488 | 18,533 |
| Metcalfe County | R+30.1 | R+29.9 | D+0.2 | 3,849 | 4,184 |
| Mason County | R+23.7 | R+23.3 | D+0.4 | 5,873 | 6,881 |
| Lewis County | R+42.1 | R+41.6 | D+0.5 | 4,568 | 4,769 |
| Shelby County | R+28.5 | R+27.7 | D+0.8 | 12,738 | 18,663 |
| Boone County | R+39.9 | R+38.6 | D+1.3 | 31,984 | 52,511 |
| Breckinridge County | R+29.1 | R+27.7 | D+1.4 | 7,453 | 7,969 |
| Green County | R+53.2 | R+50.8 | D+2.4 | 4,756 | 4,856 |
| Marion County | R+7.8 | R+5.2 | D+2.6 | 6,176 | 7,318 |
| Warren County | R+24.5 | R+21.8 | D+2.7 | 32,975 | 43,903 |
| Campbell County | R+25.9 | R+22.8 | D+3.1 | 33,829 | 40,177 |
| Robertson County | R+28.9 | R+25.5 | D+3.4 | 998 | 935 |
| Kenton County | R+28.9 | R+24.3 | D+4.6 | 56,249 | 67,704 |
| Hardin County | R+25.6 | R+20.8 | D+4.8 | 30,690 | 39,218 |
| Hancock County | R+14.5 | R+9.2 | D+5.3 | 3,610 | 4,134 |
| Fayette County flipped | R+6.9 | D+1.0 | D+7.9 | 105,477 | 125,866 |
| Jefferson County | D+1.6 | D+11.1 | D+9.5 | 302,362 | 339,579 |
| Bracken County | R+39.0 | R+27.3 | D+11.7 | 3,019 | 3,232 |
Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data