Who won Kentucky in the 1924 presidential election?

Davis (Democratic) carried Kentucky in 1924, winning its 13 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 1924?

Kentucky cast 13 electoral votes in the 1924 presidential election.

Did Kentucky vote for the national winner in 1924?

No. Kentucky backed Davis, while Calvin Coolidge won the presidency nationally.

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1924

Kentucky: Davis carries 13 EV.

Kentucky cast its 13 electoral votes for Davis (Democratic). National winner: Calvin Coolidge (Republican) — Kentucky voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kentucky, 1924

In 1924, Kentucky awarded its 13 electoral votes to Davis of the Democratic party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Calvin Coolidge (Republican) won the presidency, leaving Kentucky among the states he did not carry.

The result flipped Kentucky away from the Republican it had supported in 1920. The region divided — Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri joined Kentucky for the Democratic ticket, while Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, and Illinois did not. 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 Roaring Twenties — Republican dominance to the Great Depression.

In the national count, Calvin Coolidge took 382 of the 531 electoral votes, against John W. Davis's 136. Calvin Coolidge led the national popular vote with 54.04% of the ballots cast.

The 1924 national map

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