Kentucky presidential election results 2012

Mitt Romney carried Kentucky by 22.69 points (407,820 votes), winning 8 electoral votes.

Electoral votes: 8
Votes counted: 1,797,212
KY result: R+22.7
Compared with the nation: 26.6 pts more Republican
Swing since 2008: 6.5 pts to R

Statewide result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Electoral votes
Mitt Romney	Republican	1,087,190	60.50%	8
Barack Obama	Democratic	679,370	37.80%	—
Total votes		1,797,212

Sources: ky.pdf · 2012

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Commonwealth of Kentucky, Secretary of State, Official 2012 General Election Results, President and Vice President of the United States by county (pages 2-6 of 83; the PDF is encrypted against text extraction, a decrypted copy under state_pdfs/2012/_pages/ was read)
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All 16 tickets as printed in the document

Ticket (as printed)	Code	Votes	Share
Mitt ROMNEY / Paul RYAN	RYAN	1,087,190	60.49%
Barack OBAMA / Joe BIDEN	—	679,370	37.80%
Gary JOHNSON / James P. GRAY	GRAY	17,063	0.95%
Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	—	6,872	0.38%
Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	—	6,337	0.35%
Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	—	245	0.01%
Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	—	60	0.00%
Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	—	37	0.00%
Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	—	30	0.00%
Jerry WHITE / Phyllis SCHERRER	—	4	0.00%
Stephen DURHAM / Christina LOPEZ	—	2	0.00%
Louis Todd HOUSE / Suzanne D. HOUSE	—	1	0.00%
Dennis KNILL / David GILDER	—	1	0.00%
Barbara Ann PROKOPICH / Allen R. FARNHAM	—	0	0.00%
Erin Kent MAGEE / William Thomas HARNEY	—	0	0.00%
Keith JUDD / Dorne SMITH	—	0	0.00%

Each county coloured by its winner and shaded by margin. Tap one for its history.

County	Mitt Romney	Barack Obama	Gary JOHNSON / James P.	Randall A. TERRY / Missy Reilly SMITH	Jill STEIN / Cheri HONKALA	Virgil GOODE / James CLYMER	Ross C. "Rocky" ANDERSON / Luis J. RODRIGUEZ	Richard DUNCAN / Ricky JOHNSON	Tom HOEFLING / Jonathan ELLIS	Jerry WHITE / Phyllis SCHERRER	Stephen DURHAM / Christina LOPEZ	Louis Todd HOUSE / Suzanne D. HOUSE	Dennis KNILL / David GILDER	Total	Margin
Adair	5,841	1,660	43	33	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,600	55.0
Allen	5,184	1,808	59	28	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,100	47.5
Anderson	6,822	3,315	97	49	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,320	34.0
Ballard	2,647	1,189	23	29	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,895	37.4
Barren	10,922	5,400	123	70	50	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16,568	33.3
Bath	2,275	1,770	32	26	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,122	12.3
Bell	7,127	2,224	61	47	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,482	51.7
Boone	35,922	15,629	669	143	135	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	52,511	38.6
Bourbon	4,692	3,075	62	41	39	0	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	7,923	20.4
Boyd	10,884	7,776	183	133	65	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	19,049	16.3
Boyle	7,703	4,471	113	41	40	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	12,373	26.1
Bracken	2,029	1,147	24	21	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,232	27.3
Breathitt	3,318	1,562	59	47	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,008	35.1
Breckinridge	5,025	2,825	50	42	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,969	27.6
Bullitt	21,306	9,971	307	114	77	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	31,779	35.7
Butler	3,716	1,293	30	13	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,060	47.9
Caldwell	3,904	1,852	46	38	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,860	35.0
Calloway	9,440	5,317	186	55	71	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	15,072	27.4
Campbell	24,240	15,080	547	139	167	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	40,177	22.8
Carlisle	1,835	750	11	15	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,619	41.4
Carroll	1,999	1,629	27	11	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,680	10.1
Carter	5,279	3,383	115	84	45	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,908	21.3
Casey	4,904	1,086	56	22	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,091	62.7
Christian	13,475	8,252	124	58	44	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	21,955	23.8
Clark	9,931	5,228	144	61	46	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15,416	30.5
Clay	6,176	1,111	42	34	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,383	68.6
Clinton	3,569	752	29	26	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,393	64.1
Crittenden	2,839	960	25	14	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,854	48.8
Cumberland	2,216	599	28	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,854	56.7
Daviess	25,092	16,208	440	207	132	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	42,087	21.1
Edmonson	3,232	1,374	30	14	14	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4,668	39.8
Elliott	1,126	1,186	35	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,399	2.5
Estill	3,749	1,356	37	20	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,184	46.2
Fayette	60,795	62,080	1,824	321	805	32	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	125,866	1.0
Fleming	3,780	1,911	34	37	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,782	32.3
Floyd	9,784	4,733	210	117	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14,890	33.9
Franklin	11,345	11,535	226	117	114	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23,337	0.8
Fulton	1,425	1,022	17	5	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,481	16.2
Gallatin	1,758	1,238	27	22	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,061	17.0
Garrard	5,310	1,661	66	26	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,077	51.6
Grant	5,664	2,810	64	40	28	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8,608	33.2
Graves	10,699	4,547	121	87	39	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15,503	39.7
Grayson	6,404	2,744	58	40	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,271	39.5
Green	3,634	1,165	25	14	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,856	50.8
Greenup	8,855	6,027	115	110	52	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	15,168	18.6
Hancock	2,212	1,833	44	31	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,134	9.2
Hardin	23,357	15,214	339	163	139	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	39,218	20.8
Harlan	8,652	1,830	81	64	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,657	64.0
Harrison	4,556	2,471	58	44	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,163	29.1
Hart	4,257	2,283	40	26	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,622	29.8
Henderson	10,296	8,091	119	59	49	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,622	11.8
Henry	3,940	2,530	56	27	32	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,590	21.4
Hickman	1,431	686	7	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,139	34.8
Hopkins	13,681	5,789	167	69	59	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19,767	39.9
Jackson	4,365	612	48	21	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,061	74.2
Jefferson	148,423	186,181	2,895	739	1,288	29	20	0	4	0	0	0	0	339,579	11.1
Jessamine	14,233	6,001	260	64	63	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	20,633	39.9
Johnson	7,095	1,723	124	53	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,035	59.5
Kenton	41,389	24,920	921	215	240	12	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	67,704	24.3
Knott	4,130	1,420	79	52	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,693	47.6
Knox	8,467	2,484	73	42	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11,100	53.9
Larue	3,911	1,733	67	37	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,764	37.8
Laurel	18,151	3,905	207	91	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22,408	63.6
Lawrence	3,995	1,520	41	25	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,592	44.3
Lee	1,977	595	20	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,623	52.7
Leslie	4,439	433	34	30	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,950	80.9
Letcher	6,811	1,702	137	77	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,758	58.3
Lewis	3,326	1,342	44	35	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,769	41.6
Lincoln	6,416	2,582	89	33	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,152	41.9
Livingston	3,089	1,346	37	24	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,511	38.6
Logan	6,899	3,469	73	49	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,510	32.6
Lyon	2,412	1,373	27	16	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,839	27.1
Madison	21,128	11,512	370	131	176	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33,322	28.9
Magoffin	3,391	1,433	26	47	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,906	39.9
Marion	3,800	3,418	37	34	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,318	5.2
Marshall	10,402	5,022	148	92	50	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15,719	34.2
Martin	3,180	574	34	24	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3,824	68.1
Mason	4,197	2,592	38	34	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,881	23.3
McCracken	19,979	10,062	281	122	96	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	30,551	32.5
McCreary	4,564	1,069	30	24	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,707	61.2
McLean	2,705	1,432	36	18	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,200	30.3
Meade	6,606	4,122	78	61	48	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,916	22.8
Menifee	1,484	1,048	22	32	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,598	16.8
Mercer	6,820	2,966	86	35	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	9,939	38.8
Metcalfe	2,676	1,425	27	33	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,184	29.9
Monroe	3,762	936	23	16	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,746	59.5
Montgomery	6,398	3,701	84	41	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,248	26.3
Morgan	3,021	1,369	28	46	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,472	36.9
Muhlenberg	7,762	4,771	86	73	45	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	12,739	23.5
Nelson	10,673	7,611	124	86	38	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,533	16.5
Nicholas	1,583	948	27	16	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,581	24.6
Ohio	6,470	2,987	107	56	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9,646	36.1
Oldham	20,179	9,240	299	57	98	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29,884	36.6
Owen	2,971	1,501	47	30	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4,557	32.3
Owsley	1,279	283	8	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,580	63.0
Pendleton	3,556	1,859	58	37	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,534	30.7
Perry	8,040	2,047	80	44	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,241	58.5
Pike	17,590	5,646	221	131	46	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	23,636	50.5
Powell	2,766	1,620	43	36	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,481	25.6
Pulaski	20,714	4,976	168	94	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26,003	60.5
Robertson	579	340	5	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	935	25.6
Rockcastle	5,028	1,097	52	23	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,216	63.2
Rowan	4,035	3,438	89	40	39	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	7,665	7.8
Russell	6,346	1,445	57	35	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,909	62.0
Scott	12,679	7,532	205	60	89	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	20,573	25.0
Shelby	11,790	6,634	136	59	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18,663	27.6
Simpson	4,355	2,650	55	20	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,093	24.0
Spencer	5,726	2,549	79	43	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8,431	37.7
Taylor	7,551	3,285	52	28	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10,950	39.0
Todd	3,247	1,403	28	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4,718	39.1
Trigg	4,520	2,115	54	34	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6,742	35.7
Trimble	2,133	1,355	25	11	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3,543	22.0
Union	3,955	1,942	34	29	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,979	33.7
Warren	26,384	16,805	484	86	130	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	43,903	21.8
Washington	3,495	1,669	23	17	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,219	35.0
Wayne	5,289	1,855	30	21	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7,210	47.6
Webster	3,607	1,765	48	24	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5,470	33.7
Whitley	10,232	2,683	83	45	25	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13,072	57.7
Wolfe	1,542	976	24	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,559	22.1
Woodford	7,219	4,883	153	35	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12,332	18.9

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Questions and answers

Who won Kentucky in 2012?

Mitt Romney won Kentucky by 22.69 percentage points (407,820 votes).

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 2012?

Kentucky cast 8 electoral votes in 2012.

How many people voted for president in Kentucky in 2012?

1,797,212 votes were counted for president.

How many counties did each candidate win in Kentucky in 2012?

Mitt Romney 116, Barack Obama 4 (out of 120 counties with results).

How did Kentucky change from 2008 to 2012?

The margin moved 6.5 points toward the Republican ticket, from Republican by 16.2 points to Republican by 22.7 points.

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