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Kentucky 2016 vs 2020: county swing

60 of 120 counties moved toward the Republican ticket; 0 changed hands.

Ohio County: swing D+0.9Owen County: swing R+4.8Owsley County: swing R+7.5Pulaski County: swing D+4.1Scott County: swing D+5.5Todd County: swing D+0.6Washington County: swing D+0.4Allen County: swing R+0.3Barren County: swing D+2.4Bourbon County: swing D+1.6Breathitt County: swing R+9.5Butler County: swing R+1.0Carter County: swing R+1.2Clinton County: swing R+1.5Elliott County: swing R+7.0Gallatin County: swing R+4.6Green County: swing R+1.0Hart County: swing R+3.6Henry County: swing R+2.0Johnson County: swing D+3.8Knox County: swing D+0.5Lincoln County: swing D+0.1Lyon County: swing R+3.5Madison County: swing D+4.3Marshall County: swing R+0.6Metcalfe County: swing R+5.0Morgan County: swing R+1.5Jefferson County: swing D+6.8Jessamine County: swing D+7.5Larue County: swing R+2.0Lee County: swing D+0.2Lewis County: swing R+3.2Livingston County: swing R+3.5McCracken County: swing D+5.6Magoffin County: swing R+2.5Martin County: swing D+0.8Mercer County: swing D+3.8Monroe County: swing R+0.8Montgomery County: swing R+0.7Nelson County: swing R+2.9Pendleton County: swing R+3.3Perry County: swing D+2.7Robertson County: swing R+2.0Rowan County: swing D+0.2Russell County: swing D+1.5Taylor County: swing R+0.2Trigg County: swing R+0.6Wayne County: swing R+0.2Webster County: swing D+2.7Wolfe County: swing R+2.3Woodford County: swing D+8.0Bath County: swing R+5.3Bell County: swing R+1.0Boone County: swing D+6.0Breckinridge County: swing R+0.9Bullitt County: swing D+1.8Calloway County: swing D+3.2Carlisle County: swing R+0.3Carroll County: swing R+6.0Casey County: swing R+0.2Cumberland County: swing R+1.7Estill County: swing R+0.9Fayette County: swing D+11.2Floyd County: swing R+2.9Garrard County: swing D+1.7Graves County: swing R+0.3Grayson County: swing D+0.3Hancock County: swing R+3.2Harrison County: swing R+0.7Henderson County: swing D+3.1Hopkins County: swing D+6.0Adair County: swing R+2.6Anderson County: swing D+1.5Ballard County: swing R+2.7Boyd County: swing D+3.9Campbell County: swing D+5.7Clark County: swing D+5.1Edmonson County: swing D+1.5Fleming County: swing R+3.5Grant County: swing R+2.6Hardin County: swing D+6.2Jackson County: swing D+0.8Laurel County: swing D+2.2Leslie County: swing EvenMcCreary County: swing R+1.4Menifee County: swing R+3.2Nicholas County: swing R+1.6Oldham County: swing D+9.5Powell County: swing R+3.4Rockcastle County: swing D+0.2Spencer County: swing D+1.1Warren County: swing D+7.4Whitley County: swing D+1.9Knott County: swing D+0.1Lawrence County: swing R+0.8Letcher County: swing D+3.5Logan County: swing R+2.2McLean County: swing R+1.1Marion County: swing R+7.9Meade County: swing R+0.4Muhlenberg County: swing R+2.0Mason County: swing D+2.1Hickman County: swing R+1.1Caldwell County: swing D+0.3Kenton County: swing D+6.8Clay County: swing R+1.6Pike County: swing D+2.0Shelby County: swing D+4.0Simpson County: swing D+2.2Trimble County: swing R+1.4Union County: swing D+2.0Boyle County: swing D+4.3Bracken County: swing R+4.3Christian County: swing D+3.0Crittenden County: swing D+2.0Daviess County: swing D+4.4Franklin County: swing D+3.6Fulton County: swing R+1.0Greenup County: swing D+0.3Harlan County: swing D+0.3
Red: toward the Republican ticket. Blue: toward the Democratic ticket.
County20162020SwingVotes 2016Votes 2020
Breathitt County R+42.8 R+52.3 R+9.5 5,738 5,661
Marion County R+30.1 R+38.0 R+7.9 8,111 8,928
Owsley County R+69.2 R+76.7 R+7.5 1,759 1,896
Elliott County R+44.2 R+51.2 R+7.0 2,855 2,995
Carroll County R+38.4 R+44.4 R+6.0 3,855 4,136
Bath County R+37.5 R+42.8 R+5.3 4,587 5,627
Metcalfe County R+54.5 R+59.5 R+5.0 4,620 5,012
Owen County R+53.7 R+58.5 R+4.8 5,001 5,458
Gallatin County R+50.8 R+55.4 R+4.6 3,338 3,849
Bracken County R+56.9 R+61.2 R+4.3 3,527 4,246
Hart County R+49.4 R+53.0 R+3.6 7,264 8,370
Fleming County R+53.9 R+57.4 R+3.5 6,260 7,068
Livingston County R+57.8 R+61.3 R+3.5 4,645 5,004
Lyon County R+44.0 R+47.5 R+3.5 3,962 4,228
Powell County R+45.2 R+48.6 R+3.4 4,957 5,505
Pendleton County R+57.2 R+60.5 R+3.3 6,007 6,925
Hancock County R+35.9 R+39.1 R+3.2 4,295 4,587
Lewis County R+67.6 R+70.8 R+3.2 5,298 5,883
Menifee County R+47.1 R+50.3 R+3.2 2,779 3,102
Floyd County R+48.2 R+51.1 R+2.9 16,540 16,353
Nelson County R+33.7 R+36.6 R+2.9 20,802 23,256
Ballard County R+57.2 R+59.9 R+2.7 4,101 4,225
Adair County R+64.5 R+67.1 R+2.6 8,233 8,768
Grant County R+56.0 R+58.6 R+2.6 9,559 11,108
Magoffin County R+51.8 R+54.3 R+2.5 5,116 5,447
Wolfe County R+39.9 R+42.2 R+2.3 2,635 2,979
Logan County R+46.1 R+48.3 R+2.2 10,899 12,350
Henry County R+43.6 R+45.6 R+2.0 7,149 8,110
Larue County R+55.3 R+57.3 R+2.0 6,367 7,301
Muhlenberg County R+46.8 R+48.8 R+2.0 13,060 14,235
Robertson County R+53.0 R+55.0 R+2.0 1,013 1,146
Cumberland County R+66.6 R+68.3 R+1.7 3,066 3,309
Clay County R+75.5 R+77.1 R+1.6 6,767 7,591
Nicholas County R+41.2 R+42.8 R+1.6 2,841 3,396
Clinton County R+73.1 R+74.6 R+1.5 4,462 4,932
Morgan County R+54.9 R+56.4 R+1.5 4,775 5,544
McCreary County R+75.3 R+76.7 R+1.4 5,776 6,438
Trimble County R+49.9 R+51.3 R+1.4 3,798 4,320
Carter County R+51.7 R+52.9 R+1.2 10,278 11,586
Hickman County R+56.0 R+57.1 R+1.1 2,157 2,199
McLean County R+52.4 R+53.5 R+1.1 4,566 4,782
Bell County R+62.2 R+63.2 R+1.0 9,718 10,044
Butler County R+62.4 R+63.4 R+1.0 5,576 6,125
Fulton County R+32.5 R+33.5 R+1.0 2,382 2,426
Green County R+66.4 R+67.4 R+1.0 5,333 5,812
Breckinridge County R+51.6 R+52.5 R+0.9 8,774 10,201
Estill County R+56.4 R+57.3 R+0.9 5,545 6,540
Lawrence County R+62.4 R+63.2 R+0.8 6,042 6,955
Monroe County R+73.7 R+74.5 R+0.8 4,991 5,330
Harrison County R+43.7 R+44.4 R+0.7 7,781 8,859
Montgomery County R+41.0 R+41.7 R+0.7 11,452 12,842
Marshall County R+51.8 R+52.4 R+0.6 16,698 17,603
Trigg County R+49.5 R+50.1 R+0.6 6,751 7,376
Meade County R+46.1 R+46.5 R+0.4 12,231 14,113
Allen County R+63.2 R+63.5 R+0.3 8,096 9,364
Carlisle County R+63.9 R+64.2 R+0.3 2,601 2,638
Graves County R+56.4 R+56.7 R+0.3 16,606 17,019
Casey County R+73.2 R+73.4 R+0.2 6,439 7,171
Taylor County R+51.0 R+51.2 R+0.2 11,306 12,517
Wayne County R+61.8 R+62.0 R+0.2 7,992 9,240
Leslie County R+80.5 R+80.5 Even 4,492 4,813
Knott County R+54.0 R+53.9 D+0.1 5,763 6,252
Lincoln County R+57.2 R+57.1 D+0.1 9,561 10,914
Lee County R+64.1 R+63.9 D+0.2 2,667 2,801
Rockcastle County R+70.1 R+69.9 D+0.2 6,691 7,784
Rowan County R+21.3 R+21.1 D+0.2 8,848 10,065
Caldwell County R+54.3 R+54.0 D+0.3 5,975 6,434
Grayson County R+59.2 R+58.9 D+0.3 10,576 11,985
Greenup County R+45.4 R+45.1 D+0.3 16,277 18,176
Harlan County R+72.1 R+71.8 D+0.3 10,757 10,971
Washington County R+46.0 R+45.6 D+0.4 5,636 6,225
Knox County R+67.6 R+67.1 D+0.5 12,012 13,273
Todd County R+53.8 R+53.2 D+0.6 4,779 5,363
Jackson County R+80.1 R+79.3 D+0.8 5,501 6,113
Martin County R+79.4 R+78.6 D+0.8 3,953 3,936
Ohio County R+56.4 R+55.5 D+0.9 10,398 11,129
Spencer County R+55.4 R+54.3 D+1.1 9,515 11,433
Anderson County R+49.1 R+47.6 D+1.5 11,422 13,254
Edmonson County R+60.2 R+58.7 D+1.5 5,244 6,132
Russell County R+70.6 R+69.1 D+1.5 8,174 8,955
Bourbon County R+31.6 R+30.0 D+1.6 8,803 9,648
Garrard County R+58.3 R+56.6 D+1.7 7,623 8,706
Bullitt County R+49.8 R+48.0 D+1.8 36,069 41,998
Whitley County R+67.1 R+65.2 D+1.9 13,774 15,356
Crittenden County R+66.2 R+64.2 D+2.0 4,037 4,242
Pike County R+62.7 R+60.7 D+2.0 24,665 25,395
Union County R+54.3 R+52.3 D+2.0 6,211 6,577
Mason County R+41.2 R+39.1 D+2.1 7,219 7,958
Laurel County R+69.0 R+66.8 D+2.2 24,833 28,111
Simpson County R+38.9 R+36.7 D+2.2 7,531 8,732
Barren County R+49.8 R+47.4 D+2.4 18,488 20,064
Perry County R+57.0 R+54.3 D+2.7 10,572 10,626
Webster County R+54.3 R+51.6 D+2.7 5,805 5,993
Christian County R+31.4 R+28.4 D+3.0 22,083 23,863
Henderson County R+27.7 R+24.6 D+3.1 19,710 20,697
Calloway County R+35.0 R+31.8 D+3.2 16,049 17,457
Letcher County R+62.9 R+59.4 D+3.5 9,134 9,135
Franklin County R+4.6 R+1.0 D+3.6 23,865 26,072
Johnson County R+70.9 R+67.1 D+3.8 9,572 10,192
Mercer County R+50.5 R+46.7 D+3.8 10,585 11,735
Boyd County R+37.0 R+33.1 D+3.9 20,454 21,751
Shelby County R+33.6 R+29.6 D+4.0 20,580 23,550
Pulaski County R+66.7 R+62.6 D+4.1 28,041 31,557
Boyle County R+29.0 R+24.7 D+4.3 12,946 14,478
Madison County R+31.1 R+26.8 D+4.3 37,371 43,957
Daviess County R+32.2 R+27.8 D+4.4 45,807 49,287
Clark County R+37.1 R+32.0 D+5.1 16,205 18,139
Scott County R+30.3 R+24.8 D+5.5 24,200 28,969
McCracken County R+37.2 R+31.6 D+5.6 31,307 33,549
Campbell County R+24.4 R+18.7 D+5.7 42,510 48,878
Boone County R+41.7 R+35.7 D+6.0 57,618 66,998
Hopkins County R+53.9 R+47.9 D+6.0 20,345 21,512
Hardin County R+30.2 R+24.0 D+6.2 43,156 48,941
Jefferson County D+13.3 D+20.1 D+6.8 353,099 386,629
Kenton County R+26.1 R+19.3 D+6.8 71,998 82,198
Warren County R+24.2 R+16.8 D+7.4 48,454 55,401
Jessamine County R+40.0 R+32.5 D+7.5 23,326 26,280
Woodford County R+20.1 R+12.1 D+8.0 13,563 15,211
Oldham County R+31.0 R+21.5 D+9.5 32,853 37,976
Fayette County D+9.5 D+20.7 D+11.2 136,315 152,912

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