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| Mason | Potential | Potential | Total | Democrat | Republican | Other | Other Minor | Other Party | Party | ||||
| Vote | Voting | Votes | Vote | Percent | Vote | Percent | Vote | Percent | Vote | Percent | |||
| 1824 | 2,806 | 25.1% | 703 | 56 | 8.0% | 647 | 0.0% | National Republican | |||||
| 1828 | 3,561 | 54.7% | 1,948 | 860 | 44.1% | 1,088 | 0.0% | National Republican | |||||
| 1832 | 3,713 | 55.6% | 2,063 | 686 | 33.3% | 1,377 | 0.0% | National Republican | |||||
| 1836 | 3,262 | 53.3% | 1,739 | 508 | 29.2% | 1,231 | 0.0% | Whig | |||||
| 1840 | 2,811 | 75.4% | 2,120 | 564 | 26.6% | 1,556 | 0.0% | Whig | |||||
| 1844 | 3,100 | 77.6% | 2,407 | 799 | 33.2% | 1,608 | 0.0% | Whig | |||||
| 1848 | 3,389 | 76.2% | 2,584 | 953 | 36.9% | 1,631 | 0.0% | Whig | |||||
| 1852 | 3,520 | 63.5% | 2,236 | 896 | 40.1% | 1,337 | 0.0% | 3 | Whig | Free Dem. | |||
| 1856 | 3,494 | 65.9% | 2,302 | 994 | 43.2% | 1,308 | 0.0% | American | |||||
| 1860 | 3,468 | 68.5% | 2,377 | 799 | 33.6% | 26 | 1.1% | 1,305 | 0.0% | 247 | 10.4% | Union | Ind. Dem. |
| 1864 | 3,412 | 45.9% | 1,565 | 1,197 | 76.5% | - | 0.0% | 368 | 23.5% | Union | |||
| 1868 | 3,356 | 74.3% | 2,493 | 1,862 | 74.7% | 631 | 25.3% | ||||||
| 1872 | 4,317 | 70.5% | 3,045 | 1,608 | 52.8% | 1,410 | 46.3% | 27 | 0.9% | ||||
| 1876 | 4,717 | 82.7% | 3,903 | 2,362 | 60.5% | 1,518 | 38.9% | 23 | |||||
| 1880 | 5,121 | 81.6% | 4,179 | 2,536 | 60.7% | 1,640 | 39.2% | 3 | 0.1% | ||||
| 1884 | 5,305 | 90.7% | 4,813 | 2,646 | 55.0% | 2,120 | 44.0% | 47 | 1.0% | ||||
| 1888 | 5,489 | 92.5% | 5,077 | 2,778 | 54.7% | 2,265 | 44.6% | 34 | 0.7% | ||||
| 1892 | 5,631 | 83.4% | 4,698 | 2,586 | 55.0% | 2,001 | 42.6% | 111 | 2.4% | ||||
| 1896 | 5,739 | 93.2% | 5,347 | 2,698 | 50.5% | 2,575 | 48.2% | - | 74 | 1.4% | |||
| 1900 | 5,845 | 93.2% | 5,448 | 2,952 | 54.2% | 2,455 | 45.1% | 41 | 0.8% | ||||
| 1904 | 5,713 | 89.5% | 5,114 | 2,792 | 54.6% | 2,209 | 43.2% | 113 | 2.2% | ||||
| 1908 | 5,581 | 88.1% | 4,918 | 2,675 | 54.4% | 2,136 | 43.4% | 107 | 2.2% | ||||
| 1912 | 5,504 | 84.2% | 4,634 | 2,475 | 53.4% | 1,558 | 33.6% | 542 | 11.7% | 59 | 1.3% | Progressive | |
| 1916 | 5,468 | 91.4% | 5,000 | 2,820 | 56.4% | 2,127 | 42.5% | 53 | 1.1% | ||||
| 1920 | 10,838 | 78.4% | 8,493 | 4,691 | 55.2% | 3,743 | 44.1% | 59 | 0.7% | Women Allowed to Vote | |||
| 1924 | 11,055 | 63.5% | 7,021 | 3,525 | 50.2% | 3,372 | 48.0% | 108 | 1.5% | 16 | 0.2% | Progressive | |
| 1928 | 11,272 | 74.4% | 8,382 | 3,364 | 40.1% | 5,012 | 59.8% | 6 | 0.1% | ||||
| 1932 | 11,514 | 72.4% | 8,334 | 5,065 | 60.8% | 3,213 | 38.6% | 56 | 0.7% | ||||
| 1936 | 11,783 | 67.6% | 7,967 | 4,503 | 56.5% | 3,317 | 41.6% | 147 | 1.8% | ||||
| 1940 | 12,051 | 67.4% | 8,117 | 4,386 | 54.0% | 3,704 | 45.6% | 27 | 0.3% | ||||
| 1944 | 12,051 | 59.0% | 7,105 | 3,810 | 53.6% | 3,256 | 45.8% | 39 | 0.5% | ||||
| 1948 | 12,051 | 51.5% | 6,208 | 3,620 | 58.3% | 2,519 | 40.6% | 53 | 0.9% | 16 | 0.3% | States Rights | |
| 1952 | 7,228 | 3,614 | 50.0% | 3,606 | 49.9% | 0.0% | 8 | 0.1% | |||||
| 1956 | 7,490 | 3,572 | 47.7% | 3,880 | 51.8% | 0.0% | 38 | 0.5% | |||||
| 1960 | 7,487 | 3,153 | 42.1% | 4,334 | 57.9% | 0.0% | - | 0.0% | |||||
| 1964 | 6,952 | 4,502 | 64.8% | 2,437 | 35.1% | 0.0% | 13 | 0.2% | |||||
| 1968 | 6,570 | 2,772 | 42.2% | 2,661 | 40.5% | 1,131 | 17.2% | 6 | 0.1% | ||||
| 1972 | 6,037 | 2,459 | 40.7% | 3,529 | 58.5% | - | 0.0% | 49 | 0.8% | ||||
| 1976 | 6,004 | 3,397 | 56.6% | 2,529 | 42.1% | 0.0% | 78 | 1.3% | |||||
| 1980 | 6,287 | 3,181 | 50.6% | 2,926 | 46.5% | 127 | 2.0% | 53 | 0.8% | ||||
| 1984 | 9,794 | 68.5% | 6,713 | 2,663 | 39.7% | 3,751 | 55.9% | 299 | 4.5% | ||||
| 1988 | 9,326 | 63.2% | 5,895 | 2,721 | 46.2% | 3,158 | 53.6% | 16 | 0.3% | ||||
| 1992 | 8,731 | 69.1% | 6,029 | 2,657 | 44.1% | 2,432 | 40.3% | 916 | 15.2% | 24 | 0.4% | Independent | Various |
| 1996 | 10,285 | 53.9% | 5,539 | 2,444 | 44.1% | 2,588 | 46.7% | 484 | 8.7% | 23 | 0.4% | Reform | Various |
| 2000 | 10,455 | 56.2% | 5,873 | 2,178 | 37.1% | 3,572 | 60.8% | 88 | 1.5% | 35 | 0.6% | ||
| 2004 | 11,386 | 62.2% | 7,079 | 2,644 | 37.3% | 4,381 | 61.9% | 36 | 0.5% | 18 | 0.3% | ||
| 2008 | 12,060 | 59.0% | 7,121 | 2,891 | 40.6% | 4,102 | 57.6% | 83 | 1.2% | 45 | 0.6% | ||
| A note on sources | |||||||||||||
| You'll note there are no election results prior to 1824. That's because Kentucky was virtually all Democratic in that period, and besides, I found no actual results. | |||||||||||||
| The bulk of this material is from a classic on the subject, Jasper B. Shannon and Ruth McQuown's Presidential Politics in Kentucky, 1824 - 1948. It's a wonderful | |||||||||||||
| source, but it stops in 1948 (it was published in 1950). Results from 1976 forward can be found on the web site: http://www.elect.ky.gov/results/, which | |||||||||||||
| is the Kentucky Secretary of State's web site. | |||||||||||||