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Kentucky 2012 vs 2020: county swing

105 of 120 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 2 changed hands.

Ohio County: swing R+19.4Owen County: swing R+26.2Owsley County: swing R+13.7Pulaski County: swing R+2.0Scott County: swing D+0.2Todd County: swing R+14.1Washington County: swing R+10.6Allen County: swing R+16.0Barren County: swing R+14.1Bourbon County: swing R+9.6Breathitt County: swing R+17.2Butler County: swing R+15.6Carter County: swing R+31.6Clinton County: swing R+10.5Elliott County: swing R+53.7Gallatin County: swing R+38.4Green County: swing R+16.6Hart County: swing R+23.2Henry County: swing R+24.2Johnson County: swing R+7.7Knox County: swing R+13.2Lincoln County: swing R+15.2Lyon County: swing R+20.5Madison County: swing D+2.1Marshall County: swing R+18.1Metcalfe County: swing R+29.6Morgan County: swing R+19.4Jefferson County: swing D+9.0Jessamine County: swing D+7.4Larue County: swing R+19.5Lee County: swing R+11.2Lewis County: swing R+29.2Livingston County: swing R+22.6McCracken County: swing D+0.9Magoffin County: swing R+14.4Martin County: swing R+10.4Mercer County: swing R+7.9Monroe County: swing R+14.9Montgomery County: swing R+15.4Nelson County: swing R+20.1Pendleton County: swing R+29.8Perry County: swing D+4.2Robertson County: swing R+29.5Rowan County: swing R+13.4Russell County: swing R+7.2Taylor County: swing R+12.2Trigg County: swing R+14.5Wayne County: swing R+14.3Webster County: swing R+18.0Wolfe County: swing R+20.0Woodford County: swing D+6.8Bath County: swing R+30.5Bell County: swing R+11.5Boone County: swing D+2.9Breckinridge County: swing R+24.8Bullitt County: swing R+12.4Calloway County: swing R+4.5Carlisle County: swing R+22.7Carroll County: swing R+34.4Casey County: swing R+10.7Cumberland County: swing R+11.7Estill County: swing R+11.2Fayette County: swing D+19.7Floyd County: swing R+17.2Garrard County: swing R+5.1Graves County: swing R+17.0Grayson County: swing R+19.4Hancock County: swing R+29.9Harrison County: swing R+15.3Henderson County: swing R+12.7Hopkins County: swing R+8.0Adair County: swing R+12.0Anderson County: swing R+13.6Ballard County: swing R+22.4Boyd County: swing R+16.8Campbell County: swing D+4.1Clark County: swing R+1.5Edmonson County: swing R+18.9Fleming County: swing R+25.1Grant County: swing R+25.4Hardin County: swing R+3.2Jackson County: swing R+5.2Laurel County: swing R+3.2Leslie County: swing D+0.5McCreary County: swing R+15.4Menifee County: swing R+33.5Nicholas County: swing R+18.2Oldham County: swing D+15.1Powell County: swing R+23.1Rockcastle County: swing R+6.6Spencer County: swing R+16.6Warren County: swing D+5.0Whitley County: swing R+7.4Knott County: swing R+6.3Lawrence County: swing R+19.0Letcher County: swing R+1.0Logan County: swing R+15.7McLean County: swing R+23.2Marion County: swing R+32.8Meade County: swing R+23.8Muhlenberg County: swing R+25.4Mason County: swing R+15.8Hickman County: swing R+22.3Caldwell County: swing R+19.0Kenton County: swing D+5.0Clay County: swing R+8.4Pike County: swing R+10.2Shelby County: swing R+1.9Simpson County: swing R+12.7Trimble County: swing R+29.3Union County: swing R+18.7Boyle County: swing D+1.5Bracken County: swing R+33.9Christian County: swing R+4.6Crittenden County: swing R+15.4Daviess County: swing R+6.7Franklin County: swing R+1.8Fulton County: swing R+17.3Greenup County: swing R+26.4Harlan County: swing R+7.8
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20122020SwingVotes 2012Votes 2020
Elliott County flipped D+2.5 R+51.2 R+53.7 2,399 2,995
Gallatin County R+17.0 R+55.4 R+38.4 3,061 3,849
Carroll County R+10.0 R+44.4 R+34.4 3,680 4,136
Bracken County R+27.3 R+61.2 R+33.9 3,232 4,246
Menifee County R+16.8 R+50.3 R+33.5 2,598 3,102
Marion County R+5.2 R+38.0 R+32.8 7,318 8,928
Carter County R+21.3 R+52.9 R+31.6 8,908 11,586
Bath County R+12.3 R+42.8 R+30.5 4,122 5,627
Hancock County R+9.2 R+39.1 R+29.9 4,134 4,587
Pendleton County R+30.7 R+60.5 R+29.8 5,534 6,925
Metcalfe County R+29.9 R+59.5 R+29.6 4,184 5,012
Robertson County R+25.5 R+55.0 R+29.5 935 1,146
Trimble County R+22.0 R+51.3 R+29.3 3,543 4,320
Lewis County R+41.6 R+70.8 R+29.2 4,769 5,883
Greenup County R+18.7 R+45.1 R+26.4 15,168 18,176
Owen County R+32.3 R+58.5 R+26.2 4,557 5,458
Grant County R+33.2 R+58.6 R+25.4 8,608 11,108
Muhlenberg County R+23.4 R+48.8 R+25.4 12,739 14,235
Fleming County R+32.3 R+57.4 R+25.1 5,782 7,068
Breckinridge County R+27.7 R+52.5 R+24.8 7,969 10,201
Henry County R+21.4 R+45.6 R+24.2 6,590 8,110
Meade County R+22.7 R+46.5 R+23.8 10,916 14,113
Hart County R+29.8 R+53.0 R+23.2 6,622 8,370
McLean County R+30.3 R+53.5 R+23.2 4,200 4,782
Powell County R+25.5 R+48.6 R+23.1 4,481 5,505
Carlisle County R+41.5 R+64.2 R+22.7 2,619 2,638
Livingston County R+38.7 R+61.3 R+22.6 4,511 5,004
Ballard County R+37.5 R+59.9 R+22.4 3,895 4,225
Hickman County R+34.8 R+57.1 R+22.3 2,139 2,199
Lyon County R+27.0 R+47.5 R+20.5 3,839 4,228
Nelson County R+16.5 R+36.6 R+20.1 18,533 23,256
Wolfe County R+22.2 R+42.2 R+20.0 2,559 2,979
Larue County R+37.8 R+57.3 R+19.5 5,764 7,301
Grayson County R+39.5 R+58.9 R+19.4 9,271 11,985
Morgan County R+37.0 R+56.4 R+19.4 4,472 5,544
Ohio County R+36.1 R+55.5 R+19.4 9,646 11,129
Caldwell County R+35.0 R+54.0 R+19.0 5,860 6,434
Lawrence County R+44.2 R+63.2 R+19.0 5,592 6,955
Edmonson County R+39.8 R+58.7 R+18.9 4,668 6,132
Union County R+33.6 R+52.3 R+18.7 5,979 6,577
Nicholas County R+24.6 R+42.8 R+18.2 2,581 3,396
Marshall County R+34.3 R+52.4 R+18.1 15,719 17,603
Webster County R+33.6 R+51.6 R+18.0 5,470 5,993
Fulton County R+16.2 R+33.5 R+17.3 2,481 2,426
Breathitt County R+35.1 R+52.3 R+17.2 5,008 5,661
Floyd County R+33.9 R+51.1 R+17.2 14,890 16,353
Graves County R+39.7 R+56.7 R+17.0 15,503 17,019
Boyd County R+16.3 R+33.1 R+16.8 19,049 21,751
Green County R+50.8 R+67.4 R+16.6 4,856 5,812
Spencer County R+37.7 R+54.3 R+16.6 8,431 11,433
Allen County R+47.5 R+63.5 R+16.0 7,100 9,364
Mason County R+23.3 R+39.1 R+15.8 6,881 7,958
Logan County R+32.6 R+48.3 R+15.7 10,510 12,350
Butler County R+47.8 R+63.4 R+15.6 5,060 6,125
Crittenden County R+48.8 R+64.2 R+15.4 3,854 4,242
McCreary County R+61.3 R+76.7 R+15.4 5,707 6,438
Montgomery County R+26.3 R+41.7 R+15.4 10,248 12,842
Harrison County R+29.1 R+44.4 R+15.3 7,163 8,859
Lincoln County R+41.9 R+57.1 R+15.2 9,152 10,914
Monroe County R+59.6 R+74.5 R+14.9 4,746 5,330
Trigg County R+35.6 R+50.1 R+14.5 6,742 7,376
Magoffin County R+39.9 R+54.3 R+14.4 4,906 5,447
Wayne County R+47.7 R+62.0 R+14.3 7,210 9,240
Barren County R+33.3 R+47.4 R+14.1 16,568 20,064
Todd County R+39.1 R+53.2 R+14.1 4,718 5,363
Owsley County R+63.0 R+76.7 R+13.7 1,580 1,896
Anderson County R+34.0 R+47.6 R+13.6 10,320 13,254
Rowan County R+7.7 R+21.1 R+13.4 7,665 10,065
Knox County R+53.9 R+67.1 R+13.2 11,100 13,273
Henderson County R+11.9 R+24.6 R+12.7 18,622 20,697
Simpson County R+24.0 R+36.7 R+12.7 7,093 8,732
Bullitt County R+35.6 R+48.0 R+12.4 31,779 41,998
Taylor County R+39.0 R+51.2 R+12.2 10,950 12,517
Adair County R+55.1 R+67.1 R+12.0 7,600 8,768
Cumberland County R+56.6 R+68.3 R+11.7 2,854 3,309
Bell County R+51.7 R+63.2 R+11.5 9,482 10,044
Estill County R+46.1 R+57.3 R+11.2 5,184 6,540
Lee County R+52.7 R+63.9 R+11.2 2,623 2,801
Casey County R+62.7 R+73.4 R+10.7 6,091 7,171
Washington County R+35.0 R+45.6 R+10.6 5,219 6,225
Clinton County R+64.1 R+74.6 R+10.5 4,393 4,932
Martin County R+68.2 R+78.6 R+10.4 3,824 3,936
Pike County R+50.5 R+60.7 R+10.2 23,636 25,395
Bourbon County R+20.4 R+30.0 R+9.6 7,923 9,648
Clay County R+68.7 R+77.1 R+8.4 7,383 7,591
Hopkins County R+39.9 R+47.9 R+8.0 19,767 21,512
Mercer County R+38.8 R+46.7 R+7.9 9,939 11,735
Harlan County R+64.0 R+71.8 R+7.8 10,657 10,971
Johnson County R+59.4 R+67.1 R+7.7 9,035 10,192
Whitley County R+57.8 R+65.2 R+7.4 13,072 15,356
Russell County R+61.9 R+69.1 R+7.2 7,909 8,955
Daviess County R+21.1 R+27.8 R+6.7 42,087 49,287
Rockcastle County R+63.3 R+69.9 R+6.6 6,216 7,784
Knott County R+47.6 R+53.9 R+6.3 5,693 6,252
Jackson County R+74.1 R+79.3 R+5.2 5,061 6,113
Garrard County R+51.5 R+56.6 R+5.1 7,077 8,706
Christian County R+23.8 R+28.4 R+4.6 21,955 23,863
Calloway County R+27.3 R+31.8 R+4.5 15,072 17,457
Hardin County R+20.8 R+24.0 R+3.2 39,218 48,941
Laurel County R+63.6 R+66.8 R+3.2 22,408 28,111
Pulaski County R+60.6 R+62.6 R+2.0 26,003 31,557
Shelby County R+27.7 R+29.6 R+1.9 18,663 23,550
Franklin County flipped D+0.8 R+1.0 R+1.8 23,337 26,072
Clark County R+30.5 R+32.0 R+1.5 15,416 18,139
Letcher County R+58.4 R+59.4 R+1.0 8,758 9,135
Scott County R+25.0 R+24.8 D+0.2 20,573 28,969
Leslie County R+81.0 R+80.5 D+0.5 4,950 4,813
McCracken County R+32.5 R+31.6 D+0.9 30,551 33,549
Boyle County R+26.2 R+24.7 D+1.5 12,373 14,478
Madison County R+28.9 R+26.8 D+2.1 33,322 43,957
Boone County R+38.6 R+35.7 D+2.9 52,511 66,998
Campbell County R+22.8 R+18.7 D+4.1 40,177 48,878
Perry County R+58.5 R+54.3 D+4.2 10,241 10,626
Kenton County R+24.3 R+19.3 D+5.0 67,704 82,198
Warren County R+21.8 R+16.8 D+5.0 43,903 55,401
Woodford County R+18.9 R+12.1 D+6.8 12,332 15,211
Jessamine County R+39.9 R+32.5 D+7.4 20,633 26,280
Jefferson County D+11.1 D+20.1 D+9.0 339,579 386,629
Oldham County R+36.6 R+21.5 D+15.1 29,884 37,976
Fayette County D+1.0 D+20.7 D+19.7 125,866 152,912

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data