Who won Kentucky in the 1832 presidential election?

Clay (National Republican) carried Kentucky in 1832, winning its 15 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 1832?

Kentucky cast 15 electoral votes in the 1832 presidential election.

Did Kentucky vote for the national winner in 1832?

No. Kentucky backed Clay, while Andrew Jackson won the presidency nationally.

Second Party SystemKY · 15 EV

1832

Kentucky: Clay carries 15 EV.

Kentucky cast its 15 electoral votes for Clay (National Republican). National winner: Andrew Jackson (Democratic) — Kentucky voted against the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1832 result in Kentucky

Kentucky backed Clay (National Republican) in the 1832 presidential election, casting 15 electoral votes for the ticket. Nationally the result broke the other way — Andrew Jackson (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Kentucky among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Kentucky away from the Democratic it had supported in 1828. It stood apart from its neighbors: Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois went the other way that year. Across the 59 presidential elections Kentucky has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the Second Party System — Jackson, Whigs, and the rise of mass politics.

In the national count, Andrew Jackson took 219 of the 286 electoral votes, against Henry Clay's 49. Andrew Jackson led the national popular vote with 54.74% of the ballots cast.

The 1832 national map

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