Kentucky 2012 Presidential Election Results by County
In 2012, the Republican candidate won 116 of Kentucky's 120 counties.
| County | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote Share | Margin | Total Votes Cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,841 | 76.9% | 55.0 pts | 7,600 |
| Allen | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,184 | 73.0% | 47.5 pts | 7,100 |
| Anderson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,822 | 66.1% | 34.0 pts | 10,320 |
| Ballard | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,647 | 68.0% | 37.4 pts | 3,895 |
| Barren | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,922 | 65.9% | 33.3 pts | 16,568 |
| Bath | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,275 | 55.2% | 12.3 pts | 4,122 |
| Bell | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,127 | 75.2% | 51.7 pts | 9,482 |
| Boone | Mitt Romney | Republican | 35,922 | 68.4% | 38.6 pts | 52,511 |
| Bourbon | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,692 | 59.2% | 20.4 pts | 7,923 |
| Boyd | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,884 | 57.1% | 16.3 pts | 19,049 |
| Boyle | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,703 | 62.3% | 26.1 pts | 12,373 |
| Bracken | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,029 | 62.8% | 27.3 pts | 3,232 |
| Breathitt | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,318 | 66.3% | 35.1 pts | 5,008 |
| Breckinridge | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,025 | 63.1% | 27.6 pts | 7,969 |
| Bullitt | Mitt Romney | Republican | 21,306 | 67.0% | 35.7 pts | 31,779 |
| Butler | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,716 | 73.4% | 47.9 pts | 5,060 |
| Caldwell | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,904 | 66.6% | 35.0 pts | 5,860 |
| Calloway | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,440 | 62.6% | 27.4 pts | 15,072 |
| Campbell | Mitt Romney | Republican | 24,240 | 60.3% | 22.8 pts | 40,177 |
| Carlisle | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,835 | 70.1% | 41.4 pts | 2,619 |
| Carroll | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,999 | 54.3% | 10.1 pts | 3,680 |
| Carter | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,279 | 59.3% | 21.3 pts | 8,908 |
| Casey | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,904 | 80.5% | 62.7 pts | 6,091 |
| Christian | Mitt Romney | Republican | 13,475 | 61.4% | 23.8 pts | 21,955 |
| Clark | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,931 | 64.4% | 30.5 pts | 15,416 |
| Clay | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,176 | 83.7% | 68.6 pts | 7,383 |
| Clinton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,569 | 81.2% | 64.1 pts | 4,393 |
| Crittenden | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,839 | 73.7% | 48.8 pts | 3,854 |
| Cumberland | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,216 | 77.6% | 56.7 pts | 2,854 |
| Daviess | Mitt Romney | Republican | 25,092 | 59.6% | 21.1 pts | 42,087 |
| Edmonson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,232 | 69.2% | 39.8 pts | 4,668 |
| Elliott | Barack Obama | Democratic | 1,186 | 49.4% | 2.5 pts | 2,399 |
| Estill | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,749 | 72.3% | 46.2 pts | 5,184 |
| Fayette | Barack Obama | Democratic | 62,080 | 49.3% | 1.0 pts | 125,866 |
| Fleming | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,780 | 65.4% | 32.3 pts | 5,782 |
| Floyd | Mitt Romney | Republican | 9,784 | 65.7% | 33.9 pts | 14,890 |
| Franklin | Barack Obama | Democratic | 11,535 | 49.4% | 0.8 pts | 23,337 |
| Fulton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,425 | 57.4% | 16.2 pts | 2,481 |
| Gallatin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,758 | 57.4% | 17.0 pts | 3,061 |
| Garrard | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,310 | 75.0% | 51.6 pts | 7,077 |
| Grant | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,664 | 65.8% | 33.2 pts | 8,608 |
| Graves | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,699 | 69.0% | 39.7 pts | 15,503 |
| Grayson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,404 | 69.1% | 39.5 pts | 9,271 |
| Green | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,634 | 74.8% | 50.8 pts | 4,856 |
| Greenup | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,855 | 58.4% | 18.6 pts | 15,168 |
| Hancock | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,212 | 53.5% | 9.2 pts | 4,134 |
| Hardin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 23,357 | 59.6% | 20.8 pts | 39,218 |
| Harlan | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,652 | 81.2% | 64.0 pts | 10,657 |
| Harrison | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,556 | 63.6% | 29.1 pts | 7,163 |
| Hart | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,257 | 64.3% | 29.8 pts | 6,622 |
| Henderson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,296 | 55.3% | 11.8 pts | 18,622 |
| Henry | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,940 | 59.8% | 21.4 pts | 6,590 |
| Hickman | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,431 | 66.9% | 34.8 pts | 2,139 |
| Hopkins | Mitt Romney | Republican | 13,681 | 69.2% | 39.9 pts | 19,767 |
| Jackson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,365 | 86.2% | 74.2 pts | 5,061 |
| Jefferson | Barack Obama | Democratic | 186,181 | 54.8% | 11.1 pts | 339,579 |
| Jessamine | Mitt Romney | Republican | 14,233 | 69.0% | 39.9 pts | 20,633 |
| Johnson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,095 | 78.5% | 59.5 pts | 9,035 |
| Kenton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 41,389 | 61.1% | 24.3 pts | 67,704 |
| Knott | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,130 | 72.5% | 47.6 pts | 5,693 |
| Knox | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,467 | 76.3% | 53.9 pts | 11,100 |
| Larue | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,911 | 67.9% | 37.8 pts | 5,764 |
| Laurel | Mitt Romney | Republican | 18,151 | 81.0% | 63.6 pts | 22,408 |
| Lawrence | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,995 | 71.4% | 44.3 pts | 5,592 |
| Lee | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,977 | 75.4% | 52.7 pts | 2,623 |
| Leslie | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,439 | 89.7% | 80.9 pts | 4,950 |
| Letcher | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,811 | 77.8% | 58.3 pts | 8,758 |
| Lewis | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,326 | 69.7% | 41.6 pts | 4,769 |
| Lincoln | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,416 | 70.1% | 41.9 pts | 9,152 |
| Livingston | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,089 | 68.5% | 38.6 pts | 4,511 |
| Logan | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,899 | 65.6% | 32.6 pts | 10,510 |
| Lyon | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,412 | 62.8% | 27.1 pts | 3,839 |
| Madison | Mitt Romney | Republican | 21,128 | 63.4% | 28.9 pts | 33,322 |
| Magoffin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,391 | 69.1% | 39.9 pts | 4,906 |
| Marion | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,800 | 51.9% | 5.2 pts | 7,318 |
| Marshall | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,402 | 66.2% | 34.2 pts | 15,719 |
| Martin | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,180 | 83.2% | 68.1 pts | 3,824 |
| Mason | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,197 | 61.0% | 23.3 pts | 6,881 |
| McCracken | Mitt Romney | Republican | 19,979 | 65.4% | 32.5 pts | 30,551 |
| McCreary | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,564 | 80.0% | 61.2 pts | 5,707 |
| McLean | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,705 | 64.4% | 30.3 pts | 4,200 |
| Meade | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,606 | 60.5% | 22.8 pts | 10,916 |
| Menifee | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,484 | 57.1% | 16.8 pts | 2,598 |
| Mercer | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,820 | 68.6% | 38.8 pts | 9,939 |
| Metcalfe | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,676 | 64.0% | 29.9 pts | 4,184 |
| Monroe | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,762 | 79.3% | 59.5 pts | 4,746 |
| Montgomery | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,398 | 62.4% | 26.3 pts | 10,248 |
| Morgan | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,021 | 67.6% | 36.9 pts | 4,472 |
| Muhlenberg | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,762 | 60.9% | 23.5 pts | 12,739 |
| Nelson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,673 | 57.6% | 16.5 pts | 18,533 |
| Nicholas | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,583 | 61.3% | 24.6 pts | 2,581 |
| Ohio | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,470 | 67.1% | 36.1 pts | 9,646 |
| Oldham | Mitt Romney | Republican | 20,179 | 67.5% | 36.6 pts | 29,884 |
| Owen | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,971 | 65.2% | 32.3 pts | 4,557 |
| Owsley | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,279 | 80.9% | 63.0 pts | 1,580 |
| Pendleton | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,556 | 64.3% | 30.7 pts | 5,534 |
| Perry | Mitt Romney | Republican | 8,040 | 78.5% | 58.5 pts | 10,241 |
| Pike | Mitt Romney | Republican | 17,590 | 74.4% | 50.5 pts | 23,636 |
| Powell | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,766 | 61.7% | 25.6 pts | 4,481 |
| Pulaski | Mitt Romney | Republican | 20,714 | 79.7% | 60.5 pts | 26,003 |
| Robertson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 579 | 61.9% | 25.6 pts | 935 |
| Rockcastle | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,028 | 80.9% | 63.2 pts | 6,216 |
| Rowan | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,035 | 52.6% | 7.8 pts | 7,665 |
| Russell | Mitt Romney | Republican | 6,346 | 80.2% | 62.0 pts | 7,909 |
| Scott | Mitt Romney | Republican | 12,679 | 61.6% | 25.0 pts | 20,573 |
| Shelby | Mitt Romney | Republican | 11,790 | 63.2% | 27.6 pts | 18,663 |
| Simpson | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,355 | 61.4% | 24.0 pts | 7,093 |
| Spencer | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,726 | 67.9% | 37.7 pts | 8,431 |
| Taylor | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,551 | 69.0% | 39.0 pts | 10,950 |
| Todd | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,247 | 68.8% | 39.1 pts | 4,718 |
| Trigg | Mitt Romney | Republican | 4,520 | 67.0% | 35.7 pts | 6,742 |
| Trimble | Mitt Romney | Republican | 2,133 | 60.2% | 22.0 pts | 3,543 |
| Union | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,955 | 66.1% | 33.7 pts | 5,979 |
| Warren | Mitt Romney | Republican | 26,384 | 60.1% | 21.8 pts | 43,903 |
| Washington | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,495 | 67.0% | 35.0 pts | 5,219 |
| Wayne | Mitt Romney | Republican | 5,289 | 73.4% | 47.6 pts | 7,210 |
| Webster | Mitt Romney | Republican | 3,607 | 65.9% | 33.7 pts | 5,470 |
| Whitley | Mitt Romney | Republican | 10,232 | 78.3% | 57.7 pts | 13,072 |
| Wolfe | Mitt Romney | Republican | 1,542 | 60.3% | 22.1 pts | 2,559 |
| Woodford | Mitt Romney | Republican | 7,219 | 58.5% | 18.9 pts | 12,332 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Which party won the most counties in Kentucky in 2012?
The Republican candidate won 116 of Kentucky's 120 counties in 2012, with 4 counties going to the other major party.
Which Kentucky county had the closest presidential result in 2012?
Franklin had the closest margin in Kentucky in 2012, with Barack Obama (Democratic) winning by 0.8 points out of 23,337 total votes cast.
Which Kentucky county had the widest presidential margin in 2012?
Leslie had the widest margin in Kentucky in 2012, with Mitt Romney (Republican) winning by 80.9 points.
How many counties are included in Kentucky's 2012 presidential results?
This page covers 120 counties in Kentucky for the 2012 presidential election, based on MEDSL/EveryElectionResult.com county-level returns.