Who won Kentucky in the 2020 presidential election?

Trump (Republican) carried Kentucky in 2020, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kentucky have in 2020?

Kentucky cast 8 electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Did Kentucky vote for the national winner in 2020?

No. Kentucky backed Trump, while Joe Biden won the presidency nationally.

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2020

Kentucky: Trump carries 8 EV.

Kentucky cast its 8 electoral votes for Trump (Republican). National winner: Joe Biden (Democratic) — Kentucky voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kentucky, 2020

In 2020, Kentucky awarded its 8 electoral votes to Trump of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Joe Biden (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Kentucky among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 6th consecutive election in which Kentucky backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 2000. The region divided — Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Missouri joined Kentucky for the Republican ticket, while 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 Modern Polarization — Close elections in a divided country.

In the national count, Joe Biden took 306 of the 538 electoral votes, against Donald Trump's 232. Joe Biden led the national popular vote with 51.31% of the ballots cast.

The 2020 national map

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