The 2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Kentucky voters chose eight electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden , against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate, Congressman Paul Ryan .
2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky Turnout 59.70%[1] County Results
Congressional District Results
Romney
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Obama
40–50%
50–60%
Romney carried Kentucky by a landslide margin, winning 60.47% of the vote to Obama's 37.78%. This represented a margin of 22.69%, a great improvement for the Republican Party from 2008 , when they won with a 16.22% margin. Although Kentucky had been won by Southern Democrat Bill Clinton twice in the 1990s, Obama was seen as a poor cultural fit for the state, and he did not compete here either time he ran. The Romney campaign also attacked Obama's administration as being hostile to the coal industry , historically an important part of the state's economy. Consequently, Obama suffered a historically poor showing in the traditionally staunchly Democratic coalfields of Eastern Kentucky , where many counties that had even voted by wide margins for landslide Democratic losers like George McGovern and Walter Mondale defected to the Republicans in 2012.
Knott County , which had given Clinton 73% of the vote in 1996 and nearly 72% to Mondale in 1984 (despite the latter losing nationally by more than 18 percentage points and only carrying one state), gave Romney 73% of the vote in 2012. Even Elliott County , the only county in the state in which Obama had broken 60% in 2008, barely held on in 2012, giving Obama a narrow plurality win, his only victory in the region, and one of just four county wins in the entire state. Wolfe County , which had returned to the Democratic Party in 2004 and 2008 after casting its first-ever Republican vote for George W. Bush in 2000 , went for Romney by over twenty points. As such, Obama became the first Democrat to ever win the White House without carrying Wolfe County since its founding in 1860, Menifee County since its founding in 1869, or Henderson County since the founding of the Republican Party.
The only part of the state where Obama won convincingly was Jefferson County , the most urban and populous county in the state, and home to Louisville . He also eked out a close win in Fayette County , the second-most populous county, home to Lexington . Despite losing five counties he won in 2008, he managed to flip Franklin County , home to the state capital of Frankfort , which he had narrowly lost in 2008. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last time that Elliott and Franklin Counties voted for a Democrat in a presidential election. Obama is the only Democrat to ever win two terms without carrying the state at least once.
Primaries Democratic Kentucky Democratic primary, 2012 Candidate Barack Obama Uncommited Home state Illinois n/a Delegate count 39 34 Popular vote 119,293 86,925 Percentage 57.85% 42.15%
Kentucky results by county
Obama: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%Uncommited: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Barack Obama
Uncommited
Tie
Barack Obama's only "opponent" in the primary was the "Uncommited" ballot option, which garnered more than 42% of the primary vote, making Kentucky one of Obama's worst contested primary results.[2]
Kentucky Democratic primary, 2012[3] Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Barack Obama 119,293 57.85% 39 Uncommitted 86,925 42.15% 34
Republican Kentucky Republican primary, 2012 ← 2008 May 22, 2012 (2012-05-22 ) 2016 →
Kentucky results by county
Mitt Romney
(Note:
Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy)
The Republican primary occurred on May 22, 2012.[4] [5] Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention . Three delegates remain unpledged to any candidate. All Republicans in Kentucky were allowed to participate in the primary. A Republican primary was also held in Arkansas on this day.
Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich withdrew from the presidential race on April 10 and May 2, 2012, respectively. Both endorsed Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee.
Kentucky Republican primary, 2012[6] Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Mitt Romney 117,621 66.8% 42 Ron Paul 22,074 12.53% 0 Rick Santorum 15,629 8.87% 0 Newt Gingrich 10,479 5.95% 0 Uncommitted 10,357 5.88% 0 Unpledged delegates: 3 Total: 176,160 100.00% 45
Key: Withdrew prior to contest
General election Results By county County Mitt Romney Barack Obama Various candidates Margin Total # % # % # % # % Adair 5,841 76.86% 1,660 21.84% 99 1.30% 4,181 55.02% 7,600 Allen 5,184 73.01% 1,808 25.46% 108 1.53% 3,376 47.55% 7,100 Anderson 6,822 66.10% 3,315 32.12% 183 1.78% 3,507 33.98% 10,320 Ballard 2,647 67.96% 1,189 30.53% 59 1.51% 1,458 37.43% 3,895 Barren 10,922 65.92% 5,400 32.59% 246 1.49% 5,522 33.33% 16,568 Bath 2,275 55.19% 1,770 42.94% 77 1.87% 505 12.25% 4,122 Bell 7,127 75.16% 2,224 23.45% 131 1.39% 4,903 51.71% 9,482 Boone 35,922 68.41% 15,629 29.76% 960 1.83% 20,293 38.65% 52,511 Bourbon 4,692 59.22% 3,075 38.81% 156 1.97% 1,617 20.41% 7,923 Boyd 10,884 57.14% 7,776 40.82% 389 2.04% 3,108 16.32% 19,049 Boyle 7,703 62.26% 4,471 36.14% 199 1.60% 3,232 26.12% 12,373 Bracken 2,029 62.78% 1,147 35.49% 56 1.73% 882 27.29% 3,232 Breathitt 3,318 66.25% 1,562 31.19% 128 2.56% 1,756 35.06% 5,008 Breckinridge 5,025 63.06% 2,825 35.45% 119 1.49% 2,200 27.61% 7,969 Bullitt 21,306 67.04% 9,971 31.38% 502 1.58% 11,335 35.66% 31,779 Butler 3,716 73.44% 1,293 25.55% 51 1.01% 2,423 47.89% 5,060 Caldwell 3,904 66.62% 1,852 31.60% 104 1.78% 2,052 35.02% 5,860 Calloway 9,440 62.63% 5,317 35.28% 315 2.09% 4,123 27.35% 15,072 Campbell 24,240 60.33% 15,080 37.53% 857 2.14% 9,160 22.80% 40,177 Carlisle 1,835 70.06% 750 28.64% 34 1.30% 1,085 41.42% 2,619 Carroll 1,999 54.32% 1,629 44.27% 52 1.41% 370 10.05% 3,680 Carter 5,279 59.26% 3,383 37.98% 246 2.76% 1,896 21.28% 8,908 Casey 4,904 80.51% 1,086 17.83% 101 1.66% 3,818 62.68% 6,091 Christian 13,475 61.38% 8,252 37.59% 228 1.03% 5,223 23.79% 21,955 Clark 9,931 64.42% 5,228 33.91% 257 1.67% 4,703 30.51% 15,416 Clay 6,176 83.65% 1,111 15.05% 96 1.30% 5,065 68.60% 7,383 Clinton 3,569 81.24% 752 17.12% 72 1.64% 2,817 64.12% 4,393 Crittenden 2,839 73.66% 960 24.91% 55 1.43% 1,879 48.75% 3,854 Cumberland 2,216 77.65% 599 20.99% 39 1.36% 1,617 56.66% 2,854 Daviess 25,092 59.62% 16,208 38.51% 787 1.87% 8,884 21.11% 42,087 Edmonson 3,232 69.24% 1,374 29.43% 62 1.33% 1,858 39.81% 4,668 Elliott 1,126 46.94% 1,186 49.44% 87 3.62% -60 -2.50% 2,399 Estill 3,749 72.32% 1,356 26.16% 79 1.52% 2,393 46.16% 5,184 Fayette 60,795 48.30% 62,080 49.32% 2,991 2.38% -1,285 -1.02% 125,866 Fleming 3,780 65.38% 1,911 33.05% 91 1.57% 1,869 32.33% 5,782 Floyd 9,784 65.71% 4,733 31.79% 373 2.50% 5,051 33.92% 14,890 Franklin 11,345 48.61% 11,535 49.43% 457 1.96% -190 -0.82% 23,337 Fulton 1,425 57.44% 1,022 41.19% 34 1.37% 403 16.25% 2,481 Gallatin 1,758 57.43% 1,238 40.44% 65 2.13% 520 16.99% 3,061 Garrard 5,310 75.03% 1,661 23.47% 106 1.50% 3,649 51.56% 7,077 Grant 5,664 65.80% 2,810 32.64% 134 1.56% 2,854 33.16% 8,608 Graves 10,699 69.01% 4,547 29.33% 257 1.66% 6,152 39.68% 15,503 Grayson 6,404 69.08% 2,744 29.60% 123 1.32% 3,660 39.48% 9,271 Green 3,634 74.84% 1,165 23.99% 57 1.17% 2,469 50.85% 4,856 Greenup 8,855 58.38% 6,027 39.73% 286 1.89% 2,828 18.65% 15,168 Hancock 2,212 53.51% 1,833 44.34% 89 2.15% 379 9.17% 4,134 Hardin 23,357 59.56% 15,214 38.79% 647 1.65% 8,143 20.77% 39,218 Harlan 8,652 81.19% 1,830 17.17% 175 1.64% 6,822 64.02% 10,657 Harrison 4,556 63.60% 2,471 34.50% 136 1.90% 2,085 29.10% 7,163 Hart 4,257 64.29% 2,283 34.48% 82 1.23% 1,974 29.81% 6,622 Henderson 10,296 55.29% 8,091 43.45% 235 1.26% 2,205 11.84% 18,622 Henry 3,940 59.79% 2,530 38.39% 120 1.82% 1,410 21.40% 6,590 Hickman 1,431 66.90% 686 32.07% 22 1.03% 745 34.83% 2,139 Hopkins 13,681 69.21% 5,789 29.29% 297 1.50% 7,892 39.92% 19,767 Jackson 4,365 86.25% 612 12.09% 84 1.66% 3,753 74.16% 5,061 Jefferson 148,423 43.60% 186,181 54.69% 5,808 1.71% -37,758 -11.09% 340,412 Jessamine 14,233 68.98% 6,001 29.08% 399 1.94% 8,232 39.90% 20,633 Johnson 7,095 78.53% 1,723 19.07% 217 2.40% 5,372 59.46% 9,035 Kenton 41,389 61.13% 24,920 36.81% 1,395 2.06% 16,469 24.32% 67,704 Knott 4,130 72.55% 1,420 24.94% 143 2.51% 2,710 47.61% 5,693 Knox 8,467 76.28% 2,484 22.38% 149 1.34% 5,983 53.90% 11,100 LaRue 3,911 67.85% 1,733 30.07% 120 2.08% 2,178 37.78% 5,764 Laurel 18,151 81.00% 3,905 17.43% 352 1.57% 14,246 63.57% 22,408 Lawrence 3,995 71.44% 1,520 27.18% 77 1.38% 2,475 44.26% 5,592 Lee 1,977 75.37% 595 22.68% 51 1.95% 1,382 52.69% 2,623 Leslie 4,439 89.62% 433 8.74% 81 1.64% 4,006 80.88% 4,953 Letcher 6,811 77.77% 1,702 19.43% 245 2.80% 5,109 58.34% 8,758 Lewis 3,326 69.74% 1,342 28.14% 101 2.12% 1,984 41.60% 4,769 Lincoln 6,416 70.10% 2,582 28.21% 154 1.69% 3,834 41.89% 9,152 Livingston 3,089 68.48% 1,346 29.84% 76 1.68% 1,743 38.64% 4,511 Logan 6,899 65.64% 3,469 33.01% 142 1.35% 3,430 32.63% 10,510 Lyon 2,412 62.83% 1,373 35.76% 54 1.41% 1,039 27.07% 3,839 Madison 21,128 63.41% 11,512 34.55% 682 2.04% 9,616 28.86% 33,322 Magoffin 3,391 69.12% 1,433 29.21% 82 1.67% 1,958 39.91% 4,906 Marion 3,800 51.93% 3,418 46.71% 100 1.36% 382 5.22% 7,318 Marshall 10,402 66.17% 5,022 31.95% 295 1.88% 5,380 34.22% 15,719 Martin 3,180 83.16% 574 15.01% 70 1.83% 2,606 68.15% 3,824 Mason 4,197 60.99% 2,592 37.67% 92 1.34% 1,605 23.32% 6,881 McCracken 19,979 65.40% 10,062 32.94% 510 1.66% 9,917 32.46% 30,551 McCreary 4,564 79.97% 1,069 18.73% 74 1.30% 3,495 61.24% 5,707 McLean 2,705 64.40% 1,432 34.10% 63 1.50% 1,273 30.30% 4,200 Meade 6,606 60.52% 4,122 37.76% 188 1.72% 2,484 22.76% 10,916 Menifee 1,484 57.12% 1,048 40.34% 66 2.54% 436 16.78% 2,598 Mercer 6,820 68.62% 2,966 29.84% 153 1.54% 3,854 38.78% 9,939 Metcalfe 2,676 63.96% 1,425 34.06% 83 1.98% 1,251 29.90% 4,184 Monroe 3,762 79.27% 936 19.72% 48 1.01% 2,826 59.55% 4,746 Montgomery 6,398 62.43% 3,701 36.11% 149 1.46% 2,697 26.32% 10,248 Morgan 3,021 67.55% 1,369 30.61% 82 1.84% 1,652 36.94% 4,472 Muhlenberg 7,762 60.93% 4,771 37.45% 206 1.62% 2,991 23.48% 12,739 Nelson 10,673 57.59% 7,611 41.07% 249 1.34% 3,062 16.52% 18,533 Nicholas 1,583 61.33% 948 36.73% 50 1.94% 635 24.60% 2,581 Ohio 6,470 67.07% 2,987 30.97% 189 1.96% 3,483 36.10% 9,646 Oldham 20,179 67.52% 9,240 30.92% 465 1.56% 10,939 36.60% 29,884 Owen 2,971 65.20% 1,501 32.94% 85 1.86% 1,470 32.26% 4,557 Owsley 1,279 80.95% 283 17.91% 18 1.14% 996 63.04% 1,580 Pendleton 3,556 64.26% 1,859 33.59% 119 2.15% 1,697 30.67% 5,534 Perry 8,040 78.51% 2,047 19.99% 154 1.50% 5,993 58.52% 10,241 Pike 17,590 74.42% 5,646 23.89% 400 1.69% 11,944 50.53% 23,636 Powell 2,766 61.73% 1,620 36.15% 95 2.12% 1,146 25.58% 4,481 Pulaski 20,714 79.66% 4,976 19.14% 313 1.20% 15,738 60.52% 26,003 Robertson 579 61.93% 340 36.36% 16 1.71% 239 25.57% 935 Rockcastle 5,028 80.89% 1,097 17.65% 91 1.46% 3,931 63.24% 6,216 Rowan 4,035 52.64% 3,438 44.85% 192 2.51% 597 7.79% 7,665 Russell 6,346 80.24% 1,445 18.27% 118 1.49% 4,901 61.97% 7,909 Scott 12,679 61.63% 7,532 36.61% 362 1.76% 5,147 25.02% 20,573 Shelby 11,790 63.17% 6,634 35.55% 239 1.28% 5,156 27.62% 18,663 Simpson 4,355 61.40% 2,650 37.36% 88 1.24% 1,705 24.04% 7,093 Spencer 5,726 67.92% 2,549 30.23% 156 1.85% 3,177 37.69% 8,431 Taylor 7,551 68.96% 3,285 30.00% 114 1.04% 4,266 38.96% 10,950 Todd 3,247 68.82% 1,403 29.74% 68 1.44% 1,844 39.08% 4,718 Trigg 4,520 67.04% 2,115 31.37% 107 1.59% 2,405 35.67% 6,742 Trimble 2,133 60.20% 1,355 38.24% 55 1.56% 778 21.96% 3,543 Union 3,955 66.15% 1,942 32.48% 82 1.37% 2,013 33.67% 5,979 Warren 26,384 60.10% 16,805 38.28% 714 1.62% 9,579 21.82% 43,903 Washington 3,495 66.97% 1,669 31.98% 55 1.05% 1,826 34.99% 5,219 Wayne 5,289 73.36% 1,855 25.73% 66 0.91% 3,434 47.63% 7,210 Webster 3,607 65.94% 1,765 32.27% 98 1.79% 1,842 33.67% 5,470 Whitley 10,232 78.27% 2,683 20.52% 157 1.21% 7,549 57.75% 13,072 Wolfe 1,542 60.26% 976 38.14% 41 1.60% 566 22.12% 2,559 Woodford 7,219 58.54% 4,883 39.60% 230 1.86% 2,336 18.94% 12,332 Totals 1,087,190 60.47% 679,370 37.78% 31,488 1.75% 407,820 22.69% 1,798,048
County Flips: Democratic Hold
Gain from Republican
Republican Hold
Gain from Democratic
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic By congressional district Romney won 5 of 6 congressional districts.[8]
Analysis On election night, Kentucky went as expected to the Republican candidate Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney over Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama of bordering Illinois . Obama was reelected but nonetheless, lost Kentucky . In most recent years Democrats have maintained their lead in registered voters compared to Republicans.[9] Appalachian Kentucky used to be a place were Democrats thrived because of working-class people, particularly unionized coal miners.[10] Jefferson County (Louisville Metro ). The other counties Obama won were Franklin , Elliott and Fayette .
See also References ^ "Summary TXT file". ^ Dougherty, Michael Brendan (2012-05-22). "Obama Is Getting Humiliated In The Kentucky Primary, 40 Percent Of Democrats Voted For 'Uncommitted'Business Insider . Retrieved 2019-07-09 . ^ "Kentucky Secretary of State" (PDF) . elect.ky.gov . May 22, 2012. Retrieved June 19, 2016 . ^ "Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar". CNN. Retrieved January 11, 2012 . ^ "Presidential Primary Dates" (PDF) . Federal Election Commission . Retrieved January 23, 2012 . ^ "Kentucky State Board of Elections". ^ "Kentucky State Board of Elections". Kentucky State Board of Elections. ^ "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts". Daily Kos . Retrieved 11 August 2020 . ^ . elect.ky.gov . Archived from the original on 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2017-12-02 . ^ "Appalachia Used To Be A Democratic Stronghold. Here's How To Make It One Again". Retrieved 2017-12-02 . External links The Green Papers: for Kentucky The Green Papers: major state elections in chronological order
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Main article 2012 United States presidential election The 2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 6 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated Kentucky voters chose eight electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate Vice President Joe Biden against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate Congressman Paul Ryan 2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky 2008 November 6 2012 2016 Turnout59 70 1 Nominee Mitt Romney Barack ObamaParty Republican DemocraticHome state Massachusetts IllinoisRunning mate Paul Ryan Joe BidenElectoral vote 8 0Popular vote 1 087 190 679 370Percentage 60 47 37 78 County ResultsCongressional District Results Romney 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Obama 40 50 50 60 President before electionBarack ObamaDemocratic Elected President Barack ObamaDemocraticRomney carried Kentucky by a landslide margin winning 60 47 of the vote to Obama s 37 78 This represented a margin of 22 69 a great improvement for the Republican Party from 2008 when they won with a 16 22 margin Although Kentucky had been won by Southern Democrat Bill Clinton twice in the 1990s Obama was seen as a poor cultural fit for the state and he did not compete here either time he ran The Romney campaign also attacked Obama s administration as being hostile to the coal industry historically an important part of the state s economy Consequently Obama suffered a historically poor showing in the traditionally staunchly Democratic coalfields of Eastern Kentucky where many counties that had even voted by wide margins for landslide Democratic losers like George McGovern and Walter Mondale defected to the Republicans in 2012 Knott County which had given Clinton 73 of the vote in 1996 and nearly 72 to Mondale in 1984 despite the latter losing nationally by more than 18 percentage points and only carrying one state gave Romney 73 of the vote in 2012 Even Elliott County the only county in the state in which Obama had broken 60 in 2008 barely held on in 2012 giving Obama a narrow plurality win his only victory in the region and one of just four county wins in the entire state Wolfe County which had returned to the Democratic Party in 2004 and 2008 after casting its first ever Republican vote for George W Bush in 2000 went for Romney by over twenty points As such Obama became the first Democrat to ever win the White House without carrying Wolfe County since its founding in 1860 Menifee County since its founding in 1869 or Henderson County since the founding of the Republican Party The only part of the state where Obama won convincingly was Jefferson County the most urban and populous county in the state and home to Louisville He also eked out a close win in Fayette County the second most populous county home to Lexington Despite losing five counties he won in 2008 he managed to flip Franklin County home to the state capital of Frankfort which he had narrowly lost in 2008 As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last time that Elliott and Franklin Counties voted for a Democrat in a presidential election Obama is the only Democrat to ever win two terms without carrying the state at least once Contents 1 Primaries 1 1 Democratic 1 2 Republican 2 General election 2 1 Results 2 2 By county 2 2 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 2 2 2 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 2 3 By congressional district 3 Analysis 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksPrimaries EditDemocratic Edit Kentucky Democratic primary 2012 2008 May 22 2012 2012 05 22 2016 Candidate Barack Obama UncommitedHome state Illinois n aDelegate count 39 34Popular vote 119 293 86 925Percentage 57 85 42 15 County Winner Vote shareKentucky results by county Obama 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Uncommited 50 60 60 70 70 80 Barack Obama Uncommited TieBarack Obama s only opponent in the primary was the Uncommited ballot option which garnered more than 42 of the primary vote making Kentucky one of Obama s worst contested primary results 2 Kentucky Democratic primary 2012 3 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Barack Obama 119 293 57 85 39Uncommitted 86 925 42 15 34 Republican Edit Kentucky Republican primary 2012 2008 May 22 2012 2012 05 22 2016 Candidate Mitt Romney Ron Paul Rick SantorumHome state Massachusetts Texas PennsylvaniaDelegate count 42 0 0Popular vote 117 621 22 074 15 629Percentage 66 77 12 53 8 87 Candidate Newt Gingrich UncommitedHome state Georgia N ADelegate count 0 0Popular vote 10 479 10 357Percentage 5 95 5 88 Kentucky results by county Mitt Romney Note Italicization indicates a withdrawn candidacy The Republican primary occurred on May 22 2012 4 5 42 delegates were chosen all of which were allocated to and pledged to vote for Mitt Romney at the 2012 Republican National Convention Three delegates remain unpledged to any candidate All Republicans in Kentucky were allowed to participate in the primary A Republican primary was also held in Arkansas on this day Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich withdrew from the presidential race on April 10 and May 2 2012 respectively Both endorsed Mitt Romney as the Republican nominee Kentucky Republican primary 2012 6 Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates Mitt Romney 117 621 66 8 42Ron Paul 22 074 12 53 0Rick Santorum 15 629 8 87 0Newt Gingrich 10 479 5 95 0Uncommitted 10 357 5 88 0Unpledged delegates 3Total 176 160 100 00 45Key Withdrew prior to contestGeneral election EditResults Edit United States presidential election in Kentucky 2012 7 Party Candidate Running mate Votes Percentage Electoral votesRepublican Mitt Romney Paul Ryan 1 087 190 60 47 8Democratic Barack Obama Joe Biden 679 370 37 78 0Libertarian Gary Johnson Jim Gray 17 063 0 95 0Independent Randall Terry Missy Smith 6 872 0 38 0Green Jill Stein Cheri Honkala 6 337 0 35 0Others 380 0 02 0Totals 1 797 212 100 00 8Voter turnout registered voters 59 24 By county Edit County Mitt RomneyRepublican Barack ObamaDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total Adair 5 841 76 86 1 660 21 84 99 1 30 4 181 55 02 7 600Allen 5 184 73 01 1 808 25 46 108 1 53 3 376 47 55 7 100Anderson 6 822 66 10 3 315 32 12 183 1 78 3 507 33 98 10 320Ballard 2 647 67 96 1 189 30 53 59 1 51 1 458 37 43 3 895Barren 10 922 65 92 5 400 32 59 246 1 49 5 522 33 33 16 568Bath 2 275 55 19 1 770 42 94 77 1 87 505 12 25 4 122Bell 7 127 75 16 2 224 23 45 131 1 39 4 903 51 71 9 482Boone 35 922 68 41 15 629 29 76 960 1 83 20 293 38 65 52 511Bourbon 4 692 59 22 3 075 38 81 156 1 97 1 617 20 41 7 923Boyd 10 884 57 14 7 776 40 82 389 2 04 3 108 16 32 19 049Boyle 7 703 62 26 4 471 36 14 199 1 60 3 232 26 12 12 373Bracken 2 029 62 78 1 147 35 49 56 1 73 882 27 29 3 232Breathitt 3 318 66 25 1 562 31 19 128 2 56 1 756 35 06 5 008Breckinridge 5 025 63 06 2 825 35 45 119 1 49 2 200 27 61 7 969Bullitt 21 306 67 04 9 971 31 38 502 1 58 11 335 35 66 31 779Butler 3 716 73 44 1 293 25 55 51 1 01 2 423 47 89 5 060Caldwell 3 904 66 62 1 852 31 60 104 1 78 2 052 35 02 5 860Calloway 9 440 62 63 5 317 35 28 315 2 09 4 123 27 35 15 072Campbell 24 240 60 33 15 080 37 53 857 2 14 9 160 22 80 40 177Carlisle 1 835 70 06 750 28 64 34 1 30 1 085 41 42 2 619Carroll 1 999 54 32 1 629 44 27 52 1 41 370 10 05 3 680Carter 5 279 59 26 3 383 37 98 246 2 76 1 896 21 28 8 908Casey 4 904 80 51 1 086 17 83 101 1 66 3 818 62 68 6 091Christian 13 475 61 38 8 252 37 59 228 1 03 5 223 23 79 21 955Clark 9 931 64 42 5 228 33 91 257 1 67 4 703 30 51 15 416Clay 6 176 83 65 1 111 15 05 96 1 30 5 065 68 60 7 383Clinton 3 569 81 24 752 17 12 72 1 64 2 817 64 12 4 393Crittenden 2 839 73 66 960 24 91 55 1 43 1 879 48 75 3 854Cumberland 2 216 77 65 599 20 99 39 1 36 1 617 56 66 2 854Daviess 25 092 59 62 16 208 38 51 787 1 87 8 884 21 11 42 087Edmonson 3 232 69 24 1 374 29 43 62 1 33 1 858 39 81 4 668Elliott 1 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38 14 41 1 60 566 22 12 2 559Woodford 7 219 58 54 4 883 39 60 230 1 86 2 336 18 94 12 332Totals 1 087 190 60 47 679 370 37 78 31 488 1 75 407 820 22 69 1 798 048 County Flips Democratic Hold Gain from Republican Republican Hold Gain from DemocraticCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Edit Hancock largest city Lewisport Henderson largest city Henderson Menifee largest city Frenchburg Rowan largest city Morehead Wolfe largest city Campton Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Edit Franklin largest city Frankfort By congressional district Edit Romney won 5 of 6 congressional districts 8 District Romney Obama Representative1st 66 4 32 1 Ed Whitfield2nd 63 28 35 15 Brett Guthrie3rd 42 8 55 73 John Yarmuth4th 63 38 34 83 Thomas Massie5th 75 23 25 Hal Rogers6th 55 8 42 16 Andy BarrAnalysis EditOn election night Kentucky went as expected to the Republican candidate Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney over Incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama of bordering Illinois Obama was reelected but nonetheless lost Kentucky In most recent years Democrats have maintained their lead in registered voters compared to Republicans 9 However Kentucky is known as a highly conservative state with a populist streak In most recent presidential elections in Kentucky Democrats usually achieve lower 40 or upper 30 margins Obama performed significantly worse in 2012 than he did in 2008 Appalachian Kentucky used to be a place were Democrats thrived because of working class people particularly unionized coal miners 10 However this region has become more and more Republican in recent years Romney performed for the most part very well statewide Obama won four counties Obama was however able to maintain a solid performance in perhaps the most Democratic place in the state Jefferson County Louisville Metro The other counties Obama won were Franklin Elliott and Fayette See also EditRepublican Party presidential debates 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries 2012 Results of the 2012 Republican Party presidential primaries Kentucky Republican PartyReferences Edit Summary TXT file Dougherty Michael Brendan 2012 05 22 Obama Is Getting Humiliated In The Kentucky Primary 40 Percent Of Democrats Voted For Uncommitted Business Insider Retrieved 2019 07 09 Kentucky Secretary of State PDF elect ky gov May 22 2012 Retrieved June 19 2016 Primary and Caucus Printable Calendar CNN Retrieved January 11 2012 Presidential Primary Dates PDF Federal Election Commission Retrieved January 23 2012 Kentucky State Board of Elections Kentucky State Board of Elections Kentucky State Board of Elections Daily Kos Elections statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts Daily Kos Retrieved 11 August 2020 Registration Statistics State Board of Elections elect ky gov Archived from the original on 2018 01 01 Retrieved 2017 12 02 Appalachia Used To Be A Democratic Stronghold Here s How To Make It One Again Retrieved 2017 12 02 External links EditThe Green Papers for Kentucky The Green Papers major state elections in chronological order Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 United States presidential election in Kentucky amp oldid 1170433388, wikipedia, wiki , book, books, library,
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