The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 1910 Census, there were 11 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky. Therefore, Kentucky had 13 electoral votes in 1912.
In 1812 Kentucky had 12 electoral votes.
Kentucky has had 8 electoral votes during 1992- current (2016).
Kentucky had eight electoral votes in the 2008 Presidential Election. It awarded them to John McCain who received 1,048,462 votes to Barack Obama's 751,985 votes.
Hillary Clinton received 0 of 8 electoral votes, receiving 628,854 votes to Donald Trump's 1,202,971 votes, losing Kentucky.
0. Kentucky awarded it's electoral votes to other candidates.1864 - 12 electoral votes to John Bell (Constitutional Union)1868 - 11 electoral votes to George B. McClellan (Democratic)
Donald Trump received 1,202,971 votes to Hillary Clinton's 628,854 votes, winning Kentucky's 8 electoral votes.
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The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 6 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky. Therefore, Kentucky has 8 electoral votes.
According to the US Electoral College Web site, Idaho has four electoral votes, and has had 4 since 1912. It had 3 electoral votes in the 5 elections before, starting with 1892 after Idaho's admission in 1890.
The number of electoral votes for each state is equal to the sum of its number of Senators and its number of Representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives. Based on the 2010 Census, there are 6 members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kentucky. Therefore, Kentucky has 8 electoral votes.
In 2008, Barack Obama received 0 electoral votes from Kentucky, losing the 8 electoral votes to John McCain who received 1,048,462 votes to Obama's 751,985 votes.In 2012, this is yet to be determined. Kentucky is a solidly Republican state, and it is expected that Obama will again received 0 electoral votes, losing the state and 8 electoral votes to Mitt Romney.
Abraham Lincoln, Republican, Illinois, 1,865,908 votes, 180 electoral college votes. John C. Breckinridge, Southern Democratic, Kentucky, 848,019 votes, 72 electoral college votes. John Bell, Constitutional Union/Whig, Tennessee, 590,901 votes, 39 electoral college votes. Stephen A. Douglas, Northern Democratic, Illinois, 1,380,202 votes, 12 electoral college votes.
Alabama has 9 electoral votes.