Western Kentucky voter turnout exceeds state average

Kentucky turnout on Election Day was nearly 59 percent of registered voters, and most western Kentucky counties exceeded 60 percent.

Results from the state's election webpage shows that just over 2 million Kentuckians cast ballots for a 58.8 percent turnout.

In the western end of the state, Carlisle County and Marshall County shared the highest percentage turnout of the region at more than 67 percent.

McCracken County cast the most votes (32,224) for a turnout of 54.5 percent.

Only Fulton County turned out less than half of their registered voters; 2167 voters was a turnout of 43 percent.


Here are the vote/turnout results for each western Kentucky county:

STATEWIDE                2,087,317 votes     58.8% turnout

Ballard County                     4110               65%

Caldwell County                   6228              62.1%

Calloway County               17,095              56%

Carlisle County                     2631              67.7%

Crittenden County                4041              63.4%

Fulton County                       2167             43%

Graves County                  16,809             63.5%

Hickman County                   2085            61.7%

Livingston County                 5010             66.9%

Lyon County                          4230             63.7%

Marshall County                 17,735             67.3%

McCracken County             32,224             54.5%

Trigg County                          7259              59.2%


More numbers are available here .