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The 1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 5, 1996, as part of the 1996 United States presidential election. Voters chose 8 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by President Bill Clinton (D) over Senator Bob Dole (R-KS), with Clinton winning 45.84% to 44.88% by a slim margin of 0.96%, thus marking Kentucky the closest contest in the entire election. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 8.67% of the popular vote.[1]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried Kentucky, as well as any of these 36 counties: Powell, Montgomery, Nicholas, Lawrence, Bourbon, Nelson, Simpson, McCracken, Hopkins, Calloway, Graves, Greenup, Clark, Marshall, Meade, Bell, Logan, Ohio, Johnson, Marion, Harrison, Henry, Union, Trigg, Morgan, Webster, Caldwell, Martin, Carroll, McLean, Livingston, Trimble, Gallatin, Lyon, Carlisle, and Hickman. This is also the last time that the Republican presidential nominee did not win more than 56% of the vote in Kentucky.
Results
| 1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Bill Clinton (incumbent) | Al Gore (incumbent) | 636,614 | 45.84% | 8 | |
| Republican | Bob Dole | Jack Kemp | 623,283 | 44.88% | 0 | |
| Reform | Ross Perot | Patrick Choate | 120,396 | 8.67% | 0 | |
| Libertarian | Harry Browne | Jo Jorgensen | 4,009 | 0.29% | 0 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers' | Howard Phillips | Herbert Titus | 2,204 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Natural Law | Dr. John Hagelin | Dr. V. Tompkins | 1,493 | 0.11% | 0 | |
| Write-in | Ralph Nader | Winona LaDuke | 701 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| No party | Write-in | 8 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
Results by county
| County | Bill Clinton[2] Democratic |
Bob Dole[2] Republican |
Ross Perot[2] Reform |
Various candidates[2] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 1,821 | 27.85% | 3,876 | 59.28% | 790 | 12.08% | 51 | 0.78% | -2,055 | -31.43% | 6,538 |
| Allen | 1,781 | 34.05% | 3,032 | 57.97% | 393 | 7.51% | 24 | 0.46% | -1,251 | -23.92% | 5,230 |
| Anderson | 2,898 | 43.56% | 2,972 | 44.67% | 751 | 11.29% | 32 | 0.48% | -74 | -1.11% | 6,653 |
| Ballard | 2,255 | 60.26% | 1,064 | 28.43% | 411 | 10.98% | 12 | 0.32% | 1,191 | 31.83% | 3,742 |
| Barren | 5,044 | 42.59% | 5,700 | 48.13% | 1,065 | 8.99% | 35 | 0.30% | -656 | -5.54% | 11,844 |
| Bath | 1,886 | 52.83% | 1,229 | 34.43% | 428 | 11.99% | 27 | 0.76% | 657 | 18.40% | 3,570 |
| Bell | 5,058 | 50.54% | 3,917 | 39.14% | 940 | 9.39% | 93 | 0.93% | 1,141 | 11.40% | 10,008 |
| Boone | 8,379 | 32.72% | 15,085 | 58.91% | 1,900 | 7.42% | 243 | 0.95% | -6,706 | -26.19% | 25,607 |
| Bourbon | 3,030 | 48.42% | 2,592 | 41.42% | 603 | 9.64% | 33 | 0.53% | 438 | 7.00% | 6,258 |
| Boyd | 9,668 | 51.17% | 7,054 | 37.34% | 2,070 | 10.96% | 101 | 0.53% | 2,614 | 13.83% | 18,893 |
| Boyle | 3,877 | 44.15% | 4,157 | 47.34% | 709 | 8.07% | 39 | 0.44% | -280 | -3.19% | 8,782 |
| Bracken | 1,055 | 38.79% | 1,371 | 50.40% | 271 | 9.96% | 23 | 0.85% | -316 | -11.61% | 2,720 |
| Breathitt | 3,106 | 67.85% | 1,058 | 23.11% | 397 | 8.67% | 17 | 0.37% | 2,048 | 44.74% | 4,578 |
| Breckinridge | 2,956 | 43.49% | 3,151 | 46.36% | 670 | 9.86% | 20 | 0.29% | -195 | -2.87% | 6,797 |
| Bullitt | 7,651 | 41.59% | 8,697 | 47.28% | 1,973 | 10.73% | 74 | 0.40% | -1,046 | -5.69% | 18,395 |
| Butler | 1,260 | 30.37% | 2,531 | 61.00% | 348 | 8.39% | 10 | 0.24% | -1,271 | -30.63% | 4,149 |
| Caldwell | 2,434 | 47.22% | 2,067 | 40.10% | 637 | 12.36% | 17 | 0.33% | 367 | 7.12% | 5,155 |
| Calloway | 5,281 | 45.66% | 4,989 | 43.14% | 1,223 | 10.57% | 73 | 0.63% | 292 | 2.52% | 11,566 |
| Campbell | 11,957 | 38.30% | 16,640 | 53.31% | 2,312 | 7.41% | 307 | 0.98% | -4,683 | -15.01% | 31,216 |
| Carlisle | 1,355 | 55.83% | 816 | 33.62% | 245 | 10.09% | 11 | 0.45% | 539 | 22.21% | 2,427 |
| Carroll | 1,689 | 52.18% | 1,170 | 36.14% | 351 | 10.84% | 27 | 0.83% | 519 | 16.04% | 3,237 |
| Carter | 3,728 | 47.97% | 3,240 | 41.69% | 781 | 10.05% | 22 | 0.28% | 488 | 6.28% | 7,771 |
| Casey | 1,106 | 22.70% | 3,187 | 65.40% | 525 | 10.77% | 55 | 1.13% | -2,081 | -42.70% | 4,873 |
| Christian | 6,843 | 42.08% | 8,285 | 50.95% | 1,064 | 6.54% | 68 | 0.42% | -1,442 | -8.87% | 16,260 |
| Clark | 4,987 | 45.77% | 4,739 | 43.49% | 1,095 | 10.05% | 75 | 0.69% | 248 | 2.28% | 10,896 |
| Clay | 2,135 | 33.35% | 3,716 | 58.05% | 478 | 7.47% | 72 | 1.12% | -1,581 | -24.70% | 6,401 |
| Clinton | 1,072 | 26.96% | 2,521 | 63.41% | 350 | 8.80% | 33 | 0.83% | -1,449 | -36.45% | 3,976 |
| Crittenden | 1,480 | 43.48% | 1,509 | 44.33% | 400 | 11.75% | 15 | 0.44% | -29 | -0.85% | 3,404 |
| Cumberland | 753 | 28.29% | 1,654 | 62.13% | 227 | 8.53% | 28 | 1.05% | -901 | -33.84% | 2,662 |
| Daviess | 15,366 | 43.99% | 15,844 | 45.36% | 3,344 | 9.57% | 376 | 1.08% | -478 | -1.37% | 34,930 |
| Edmonson | 1,595 | 35.30% | 2,619 | 57.96% | 298 | 6.59% | 7 | 0.15% | -1,024 | -22.66% | 4,519 |
| Elliott | 1,298 | 64.42% | 421 | 20.89% | 284 | 14.09% | 12 | 0.60% | 877 | 43.53% | 2,015 |
| Estill | 1,724 | 38.74% | 2,220 | 49.89% | 479 | 10.76% | 27 | 0.61% | -496 | -11.15% | 4,450 |
| Fayette | 43,632 | 47.09% | 42,930 | 46.33% | 5,345 | 5.77% | 757 | 0.82% | 702 | 0.76% | 92,664 |
| Fleming | 1,913 | 40.16% | 2,313 | 48.55% | 522 | 10.96% | 16 | 0.34% | -400 | -8.39% | 4,764 |
| Floyd | 9,655 | 67.12% | 3,139 | 21.82% | 1,518 | 10.55% | 72 | 0.50% | 6,516 | 45.30% | 14,384 |
| Franklin | 11,251 | 55.24% | 7,132 | 35.02% | 1,873 | 9.20% | 111 | 0.54% | 4,119 | 20.22% | 20,367 |
| Fulton | 1,614 | 59.56% | 863 | 31.85% | 223 | 8.23% | 10 | 0.37% | 751 | 27.71% | 2,710 |
| Gallatin | 1,189 | 50.68% | 838 | 35.72% | 299 | 12.75% | 20 | 0.85% | 351 | 14.96% | 2,346 |
| Garrard | 1,486 | 34.00% | 2,540 | 58.11% | 337 | 7.71% | 8 | 0.18% | -1,054 | -24.11% | 4,371 |
| Grant | 2,541 | 42.80% | 2,697 | 45.43% | 661 | 11.13% | 38 | 0.64% | -156 | -2.63% | 5,937 |
| Graves | 6,991 | 50.65% | 5,130 | 37.17% | 1,596 | 11.56% | 86 | 0.62% | 1,861 | 13.48% | 13,803 |
| Grayson | 2,716 | 35.17% | 4,249 | 55.02% | 677 | 8.77% | 80 | 1.04% | -1,533 | -19.85% | 7,722 |
| Green | 1,285 | 28.30% | 2,763 | 60.86% | 475 | 10.46% | 17 | 0.37% | -1,478 | -32.56% | 4,540 |
| Greenup | 6,883 | 49.32% | 5,370 | 38.48% | 1,627 | 11.66% | 76 | 0.54% | 1,513 | 10.84% | 13,956 |
| Hancock | 1,547 | 46.33% | 1,356 | 40.61% | 418 | 12.52% | 18 | 0.54% | 191 | 5.72% | 3,339 |
| Hardin | 11,031 | 41.44% | 12,642 | 47.50% | 2,815 | 10.58% | 129 | 0.48% | -1,611 | -6.06% | 26,617 |
| Harlan | 5,874 | 58.00% | 3,337 | 32.95% | 884 | 8.73% | 32 | 0.32% | 2,537 | 25.05% | 10,127 |
| Harrison | 2,934 | 47.29% | 2,433 | 39.22% | 801 | 12.91% | 36 | 0.58% | 501 | 8.07% | 6,204 |
| Hart | 2,527 | 43.89% | 2,701 | 46.91% | 501 | 8.70% | 29 | 0.50% | -174 | -3.02% | 5,758 |
| Henderson | 8,051 | 54.38% | 5,092 | 34.39% | 1,556 | 10.51% | 107 | 0.72% | 2,959 | 19.99% | 14,806 |
| Henry | 2,324 | 46.39% | 2,110 | 42.12% | 564 | 11.26% | 12 | 0.24% | 214 | 4.27% | 5,010 |
| Hickman | 1,220 | 56.14% | 695 | 31.98% | 247 | 11.37% | 11 | 0.51% | 525 | 24.16% | 2,173 |
| Hopkins | 7,239 | 47.66% | 6,363 | 41.89% | 1,512 | 9.95% | 76 | 0.50% | 876 | 5.77% | 15,190 |
| Jackson | 960 | 22.06% | 3,045 | 69.98% | 299 | 6.87% | 47 | 1.08% | -2,085 | -47.92% | 4,351 |
| Jefferson | 144,207 | 51.52% | 114,860 | 41.03% | 19,413 | 6.94% | 1,433 | 0.51% | 29,347 | 10.49% | 279,913 |
| Jessamine | 4,428 | 36.27% | 6,686 | 54.76% | 1,040 | 8.52% | 56 | 0.46% | -2,258 | -18.49% | 12,210 |
| Johnson | 3,348 | 43.68% | 3,262 | 42.56% | 1,010 | 13.18% | 44 | 0.57% | 86 | 1.12% | 7,664 |
| Kenton | 19,407 | 37.19% | 28,579 | 54.77% | 3,680 | 7.05% | 514 | 0.99% | -9,172 | -17.58% | 52,180 |
| Knott | 4,842 | 73.29% | 1,201 | 18.18% | 517 | 7.83% | 47 | 0.71% | 3,641 | 55.11% | 6,607 |
| Knox | 3,736 | 41.08% | 4,502 | 49.50% | 811 | 8.92% | 46 | 0.51% | -766 | -8.42% | 9,095 |
| LaRue | 2,040 | 43.80% | 2,140 | 45.94% | 469 | 10.07% | 9 | 0.19% | -100 | -2.14% | 4,658 |
| Laurel | 4,306 | 28.54% | 9,454 | 62.65% | 1,211 | 8.03% | 119 | 0.79% | -5,148 | -34.11% | 15,090 |
| Lawrence | 2,195 | 48.75% | 1,812 | 40.24% | 481 | 10.68% | 15 | 0.33% | 383 | 8.51% | 4,503 |
| Lee | 1,023 | 40.56% | 1,302 | 51.63% | 181 | 7.18% | 16 | 0.63% | -279 | -11.07% | 2,522 |
| Leslie | 1,466 | 35.84% | 2,296 | 56.14% | 304 | 7.43% | 24 | 0.59% | -830 | -20.30% | 4,090 |
| Letcher | 4,160 | 57.57% | 2,222 | 30.75% | 782 | 10.82% | 62 | 0.86% | 1,938 | 26.82% | 7,226 |
| Lewis | 1,415 | 32.38% | 2,365 | 54.12% | 561 | 12.84% | 29 | 0.66% | -950 | -21.74% | 4,370 |
| Lincoln | 2,550 | 41.73% | 3,006 | 49.19% | 526 | 8.61% | 29 | 0.47% | -456 | -7.46% | 6,111 |
| Livingston | 2,228 | 56.15% | 1,258 | 31.70% | 449 | 11.32% | 33 | 0.83% | 970 | 24.45% | 3,968 |
| Logan | 4,181 | 47.47% | 3,888 | 44.15% | 704 | 7.99% | 34 | 0.39% | 293 | 3.32% | 8,807 |
| Lyon | 1,641 | 55.89% | 999 | 34.03% | 284 | 9.67% | 12 | 0.41% | 642 | 21.86% | 2,936 |
| Madison | 8,142 | 42.62% | 9,212 | 48.23% | 1,613 | 8.44% | 135 | 0.71% | -1,070 | -5.61% | 19,102 |
| Magoffin | 2,249 | 55.60% | 1,434 | 35.45% | 337 | 8.33% | 25 | 0.62% | 815 | 20.15% | 4,045 |
| Marion | 2,922 | 51.17% | 2,013 | 35.25% | 757 | 13.26% | 18 | 0.32% | 909 | 15.92% | 5,710 |
| Marshall | 6,054 | 50.12% | 4,579 | 37.91% | 1,391 | 11.52% | 54 | 0.45% | 1,475 | 12.21% | 12,078 |
| Martin | 1,807 | 47.00% | 1,612 | 41.92% | 401 | 10.43% | 25 | 0.65% | 195 | 5.08% | 3,845 |
| Mason | 2,444 | 44.12% | 2,588 | 46.72% | 484 | 8.74% | 23 | 0.42% | -144 | -2.60% | 5,539 |
| McCracken | 12,670 | 50.10% | 10,221 | 40.42% | 2,268 | 8.97% | 128 | 0.51% | 2,449 | 9.68% | 25,287 |
| McCreary | 1,710 | 35.66% | 2,527 | 52.70% | 488 | 10.18% | 70 | 1.46% | -817 | -17.04% | 4,795 |
| McLean | 1,834 | 51.02% | 1,368 | 38.05% | 385 | 10.71% | 8 | 0.22% | 466 | 12.97% | 3,595 |
| Meade | 3,653 | 49.04% | 2,855 | 38.33% | 912 | 12.24% | 29 | 0.39% | 798 | 10.71% | 7,449 |
| Menifee | 979 | 54.97% | 608 | 34.14% | 179 | 10.05% | 15 | 0.84% | 371 | 20.83% | 1,781 |
| Mercer | 3,179 | 43.66% | 3,264 | 44.82% | 738 | 10.13% | 101 | 1.39% | -85 | -1.16% | 7,282 |
| Metcalfe | 1,349 | 39.95% | 1,651 | 48.89% | 355 | 10.51% | 22 | 0.65% | -302 | -8.94% | 3,377 |
| Monroe | 1,114 | 22.96% | 3,300 | 68.03% | 415 | 8.55% | 22 | 0.45% | -2,186 | -45.07% | 4,851 |
| Montgomery | 3,372 | 49.62% | 2,681 | 39.45% | 705 | 10.37% | 38 | 0.56% | 691 | 10.17% | 6,796 |
| Morgan | 1,843 | 49.88% | 1,439 | 38.94% | 380 | 10.28% | 33 | 0.89% | 404 | 10.94% | 3,695 |
| Muhlenberg | 6,564 | 57.65% | 3,569 | 31.35% | 1,218 | 10.70% | 35 | 0.31% | 2,995 | 26.30% | 11,386 |
| Nelson | 5,392 | 48.32% | 4,645 | 41.63% | 1,067 | 9.56% | 55 | 0.49% | 747 | 6.69% | 11,159 |
| Nicholas | 1,092 | 47.25% | 950 | 41.11% | 265 | 11.47% | 4 | 0.17% | 142 | 6.14% | 2,311 |
| Ohio | 3,487 | 43.20% | 3,475 | 43.05% | 1,076 | 13.33% | 34 | 0.42% | 12 | 0.15% | 8,072 |
| Oldham | 6,202 | 33.89% | 10,477 | 57.25% | 1,521 | 8.31% | 101 | 0.55% | -4,275 | -23.36% | 18,301 |
| Owen | 1,603 | 42.23% | 1,709 | 45.02% | 454 | 11.96% | 30 | 0.79% | -106 | -2.79% | 3,796 |
| Owsley | 647 | 37.44% | 920 | 53.24% | 153 | 8.85% | 8 | 0.46% | -273 | -15.80% | 1,728 |
| Pendleton | 1,926 | 41.76% | 2,177 | 47.20% | 462 | 10.02% | 47 | 1.02% | -251 | -5.44% | 4,612 |
| Perry | 6,015 | 58.27% | 3,382 | 32.76% | 894 | 8.66% | 32 | 0.31% | 2,633 | 25.51% | 10,323 |
| Pike | 14,126 | 60.12% | 7,160 | 30.47% | 2,148 | 9.14% | 61 | 0.26% | 6,966 | 29.65% | 23,495 |
| Powell | 2,156 | 50.86% | 1,526 | 36.00% | 523 | 12.34% | 34 | 0.80% | 630 | 14.86% | 4,239 |
| Pulaski | 5,340 | 28.36% | 11,945 | 63.44% | 1,420 | 7.54% | 124 | 0.66% | -6,605 | -35.08% | 18,829 |
| Robertson | 360 | 42.35% | 368 | 43.29% | 117 | 13.76% | 5 | 0.59% | -8 | -0.94% | 850 |
| Rockcastle | 1,160 | 24.95% | 3,106 | 66.80% | 338 | 7.27% | 46 | 0.99% | -1,946 | -41.85% | 4,650 |
| Rowan | 3,215 | 51.00% | 2,309 | 36.63% | 724 | 11.48% | 56 | 0.89% | 906 | 14.37% | 6,304 |
| Russell | 1,582 | 24.50% | 4,017 | 62.22% | 837 | 12.96% | 20 | 0.31% | -2,435 | -37.72% | 6,456 |
| Scott | 4,258 | 44.28% | 4,349 | 45.23% | 977 | 10.16% | 31 | 0.32% | -91 | -0.95% | 9,615 |
| Shelby | 4,629 | 43.02% | 5,307 | 49.32% | 780 | 7.25% | 45 | 0.42% | -678 | -6.30% | 10,761 |
| Simpson | 2,749 | 51.31% | 2,186 | 40.80% | 401 | 7.48% | 22 | 0.41% | 563 | 10.51% | 5,358 |
| Spencer | 1,404 | 41.69% | 1,614 | 47.92% | 341 | 10.12% | 9 | 0.27% | -210 | -6.23% | 3,368 |
| Taylor | 2,897 | 34.76% | 4,573 | 54.87% | 829 | 9.95% | 36 | 0.43% | -1,676 | -20.11% | 8,335 |
| Todd | 1,744 | 42.35% | 1,912 | 46.43% | 424 | 10.30% | 38 | 0.92% | -168 | -4.08% | 4,118 |
| Trigg | 2,087 | 46.65% | 1,975 | 44.14% | 394 | 8.81% | 18 | 0.40% | 112 | 2.51% | 4,474 |
| Trimble | 1,245 | 48.48% | 999 | 38.90% | 308 | 11.99% | 16 | 0.62% | 246 | 9.58% | 2,568 |
| Union | 2,913 | 57.30% | 1,554 | 30.57% | 598 | 11.76% | 19 | 0.37% | 1,359 | 26.73% | 5,084 |
| Warren | 11,642 | 39.59% | 15,784 | 53.68% | 1,835 | 6.24% | 145 | 0.49% | -4,142 | -14.09% | 29,406 |
| Washington | 1,639 | 39.39% | 2,116 | 50.85% | 383 | 9.20% | 23 | 0.55% | -477 | -11.46% | 4,161 |
| Wayne | 2,422 | 40.00% | 3,122 | 51.56% | 481 | 7.94% | 30 | 0.50% | -700 | -11.56% | 6,055 |
| Webster | 2,852 | 55.90% | 1,568 | 30.73% | 660 | 12.94% | 22 | 0.43% | 1,284 | 25.17% | 5,102 |
| Whitley | 4,174 | 39.08% | 5,402 | 50.58% | 1,027 | 9.62% | 77 | 0.72% | -1,228 | -11.50% | 10,680 |
| Wolfe | 1,297 | 56.46% | 772 | 33.61% | 202 | 8.79% | 26 | 1.13% | 525 | 22.85% | 2,297 |
| Woodford | 3,910 | 43.56% | 4,270 | 47.57% | 746 | 8.31% | 51 | 0.57% | -360 | -4.01% | 8,977 |
| Total | 636,614 | 45.84% | 623,283 | 44.88% | 120,396 | 8.67% | 8,415 | 0.61% | 13,331 | 0.96% | 1,388,708 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Barren
- Bracken
- Breckinridge
- Bullitt
- Crittenden
- Daviess
- Fleming
- Hart
- Larue
- Mason
- Metcalfe
- Owen
- Robertson
- Spencer
- Todd
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
See also
References
- ^ "1996 Presidential General Election Results - Kentucky". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections.
- ^ a b c d "KY US Presidential Race, November 05, 1996". Our Campaigns.
