During the past 50 years, Kentucky's votes went to four Democratic candidates and eight Republican candidates:
1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson
1968 - Richard M. Nixon
1972 - Richard M. Nixon
1976 - Jimmy Carter
1980 - Ronald Reagan
1984 - Ronald Reagan
1988 - George H. W. Bush
1992 - Bill Clinton
1996 - Bill Clinton
2000 - George W. Bush
2004 - George W. Bush
2008 - John McCain
how do voting trends affect presidential and congressional power?
There are many places where one can find voting results for the 2008 presidential election. One can find voting results of the 2008 presidential election at popular on the web sources such as CNN and NPR.
Presidential Elections
Ron Paul
In the 1860 presidential election, Lincoln did not win in the State of Kentucky. The winner there was John Breckenridge.
1499 to 1680
National level
By voting the president.
Obama
The Electoral college is the Presidential voting system. The electoral college gives each state a certain amount of electoral votes. If a presidential candidate wins the majority of the citizens votes, he will also get the electoral vote.
Take a look at the most recent presidential election and you see the results of voting.
Voting for presidential elections occurs on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The first Monday in November this year is Nov 5th which means that voting will occur on Nov 6th. That will (hopefully) be the end of the 2012 presidential elections.