1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky

November 5, 1996

Nominee Bill Clinton Bob Dole Ross Perot Party Democratic Republican Reform Home state Arkansas Kansas Texas Running mate Al Gore Jack Kemp Patrick Choate Electoral vote 8 0 0 Popular vote 636,614 623,283 120,396 Percentage 45.84% 44.88% 8.67%

County Results Clinton   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%   70-80% Dole   40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

President before election Bill Clinton Democratic Elected President Bill Clinton Democratic

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%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 8.67% of the popular vote.

As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last time that the Democratic nominee carried Kentucky, as well as Powell County, Montgomery County, Nicholas County, Lawrence County, Bourbon County, Nelson County, Simpson County, McCracken County, Hopkins County, Calloway County, Graves County, Greenup County, Clark County, Marshall County, Meade County, Bell County, Logan County, Ohio County, Johnson County, Marion County, Harrison County, Henry County, Union County, Trigg County, Morgan County, Webster County, Caldwell County, Martin County, Carroll County, McLean County, Livingston County, Trimble County, Gallatin County, Lyon County, Carlisle County, and Hickman County. In fact, Republicans have carried the Bluegrass State by double-digits in every subsequent election, with the party's margin of victory almost exclusively increasing in the 21st century. This is also the last time that Kentucky would vote to the left of Colorado, North Carolina, Georgia, and neighboring Virginia.

Results

United States presidential election in Kentucky, 1996
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

By county

County	Clinton%	Clinton#	Dole%	Dole#	Others%	Others#
Adair	27.9%	1,821	59.3%	3,876	12.9%	841
Allen	34.1%	1,781	58.0%	3,032	8.0%	417
Anderson	43.6%	2,898	44.7%	2,972	11.8%	783
Ballard	60.3%	2,255	28.4%	1,064	11.3%	423
Barren	42.6%	5,044	48.1%	5,700	9.3%	1,100
Bath	52.8%	1,886	34.4%	1,229	12.8%	455
Bell	50.5%	5,058	39.1%	3,917	10.3%	1,033
Boone	32.7%	8,379	58.9%	15,085	8.4%	2,143
Bourbon	48.4%	3,030	41.4%	2,592	10.2%	636
Boyd	51.2%	9,668	37.3%	7,054	11.5%	2,171
Boyle	44.2%	3,877	47.3%	4,157	8.5%	748
Bracken	38.8%	1,055	50.4%	1,371	10.8%	294
Breathitt	67.9%	3,106	23.1%	1,058	9.0%	414
Breckinridge	43.5%	2,956	46.4%	3,151	10.2%	690
Bullitt	41.6%	7,651	47.3%	8,697	11.1%	2,047
Butler	30.4%	1,260	61.0%	2,531	8.6%	358
Caldwell	47.2%	2,434	40.1%	2,067	12.7%	654
Calloway	45.7%	5,281	43.1%	4,989	11.2%	1,296
Campbell	38.3%	11,957	53.3%	16,640	8.4%	2,619
Carlisle	55.8%	1,355	33.6%	816	10.5%	256
Carroll	52.2%	1,689	36.1%	1,170	11.7%	378
Carter	48.0%	3,728	41.7%	3,240	10.3%	803
Casey	22.7%	1,106	65.4%	3,187	11.9%	580
Christian	42.1%	6,843	51.0%	8,285	7.0%	1,132
Clark	45.8%	4,987	43.5%	4,739	10.7%	1,170
Clay	33.4%	2,135	58.1%	3,716	8.6%	550
Clinton	27.0%	1,072	63.4%	2,521	9.6%	383
Crittenden	43.5%	1,480	44.3%	1,509	12.2%	415
Cumberland	28.3%	753	62.1%	1,654	9.6%	255
Daviess	44.0%	15,366	45.4%	15,844	10.7%	3,720
Edmonson	35.3%	1,595	58.0%	2,619	6.7%	305
Elliott	64.4%	1,298	20.9%	421	14.7%	296
Estill	38.7%	1,724	49.9%	2,220	11.4%	506
Fayette	47.1%	43,632	46.3%	42,930	6.6%	6,102
Fleming	40.2%	1,913	48.6%	2,313	11.3%	538
Floyd	67.1%	9,655	21.8%	3,139	11.1%	1,590
Franklin	55.2%	11,251	35.0%	7,132	9.7%	1,984
Fulton	59.6%	1,614	31.9%	863	8.6%	233
Gallatin	50.7%	1,189	35.7%	838	13.6%	319
Garrard	34.0%	1,486	58.1%	2,540	7.9%	345
Grant	42.8%	2,541	45.4%	2,697	11.8%	699
Graves	50.7%	6,991	37.2%	5,130	12.2%	1,682
Grayson	35.2%	2,716	55.0%	4,249	9.8%	757
Green	28.3%	1,285	60.9%	2,763	10.8%	492
Greenup	49.3%	6,883	38.5%	5,370	12.2%	1,703
Hancock	46.3%	1,547	40.6%	1,356	13.1%	436
Hardin	41.4%	11,031	47.5%	12,642	11.1%	2,944
Harlan	58.0%	5,874	33.0%	3,337	9.1%	916
Harrison	47.3%	2,934	39.2%	2,433	13.5%	837
Hart	43.9%	2,527	46.9%	2,701	9.2%	530
Henderson	54.4%	8,051	34.4%	5,092	11.2%	1,663
Henry	46.4%	2,324	42.1%	2,110	11.5%	576
Hickman	56.1%	1,220	32.0%	695	11.9%	258
Hopkins	47.7%	7,239	41.9%	6,363	10.5%	1,588
Jackson	22.1%	960	70.0%	3,045	8.0%	346
Jefferson	51.5%	144,207	41.0%	114,860	7.5%	20,846
Jessamine	36.3%	4,428	54.8%	6,686	9.0%	1,096
Johnson	43.7%	3,348	42.6%	3,262	13.8%	1,054
Kenton	37.2%	19,407	54.8%	28,579	8.0%	4,194
Knott	73.3%	4,842	18.2%	1,201	8.5%	564
Knox	41.1%	3,736	49.5%	4,502	9.4%	857
LaRue	43.8%	2,040	45.9%	2,140	10.3%	478
Laurel	28.5%	4,306	62.7%	9,454	8.8%	1,330
Lawrence	48.8%	2,195	40.2%	1,812	11.0%	496
Lee	40.6%	1,023	51.6%	1,302	7.8%	197
Leslie	35.8%	1,466	56.1%	2,296	8.0%	328
Letcher	57.6%	4,160	30.8%	2,222	11.7%	844
Lewis	32.4%	1,415	54.1%	2,365	13.5%	590
Lincoln	41.7%	2,550	49.2%	3,006	9.1%	555
Livingston	56.2%	2,228	31.7%	1,258	12.2%	482
Logan	47.5%	4,181	44.2%	3,888	8.4%	738
Lyon	55.9%	1,641	34.0%	999	10.1%	296
McCracken	50.1%	12,670	40.4%	10,221	9.5%	2,396
McCreary	35.7%	1,710	52.7%	2,527	11.6%	558
McLean	51.0%	1,834	38.1%	1,368	10.9%	393
Madison	42.6%	8,142	48.2%	9,212	9.2%	1,748
Magoffin	55.6%	2,249	35.5%	1,434	9.0%	362
Marion	51.2%	2,922	35.3%	2,013	13.6%	775
Marshall	50.1%	6,054	37.9%	4,579	12.0%	1,445
Martin	47.0%	1,807	41.9%	1,612	11.1%	426
Mason	44.1%	2,444	46.7%	2,588	9.2%	507
Meade	49.0%	3,653	38.3%	2,855	12.6%	941
Menifee	55.0%	979	34.1%	608	10.9%	194
Mercer	43.7%	3,179	44.8%	3,264	11.5%	839
Metcalfe	40.0%	1,349	48.9%	1,651	11.2%	377
Monroe	23.0%	1,114	68.0%	3,300	9.0%	437
Montgomery	49.6%	3,372	39.5%	2,681	10.9%	743
Morgan	49.9%	1,843	38.9%	1,439	11.2%	413
Muhlenberg	57.7%	6,564	31.4%	3,569	11.0%	1,253
Nelson	48.3%	5,392	41.6%	4,645	10.1%	1,122
Nicholas	47.3%	1,092	41.1%	950	11.6%	269
Ohio	43.2%	3,487	43.1%	3,475	13.8%	1,110
Oldham	33.9%	6,202	57.3%	10,477	8.9%	1,622
Owen	42.2%	1,603	45.0%	1,709	12.8%	484
Owsley	37.4%	647	53.2%	920	9.3%	161
Pendleton	41.8%	1,926	47.2%	2,177	11.0%	509
Perry	58.3%	6,015	32.8%	3,382	9.0%	926
Pike	60.1%	14,126	30.5%	7,160	9.4%	2,209
Powell	50.9%	2,156	36.0%	1,526	13.1%	557
Pulaski	28.4%	5,340	63.4%	11,945	8.2%	1,544
Robertson	42.4%	360	43.3%	368	14.4%	122
Rockcastle	25.0%	1,160	66.8%	3,106	8.3%	384
Rowan	51.0%	3,215	36.6%	2,309	12.4%	780
Russell	24.5%	1,582	62.2%	4,017	13.3%	857
Scott	44.3%	4,258	45.2%	4,349	10.5%	1,008
Shelby	43.0%	4,629	49.3%	5,307	7.7%	825
Simpson	51.3%	2,749	40.8%	2,186	7.9%	423
Spencer	41.7%	1,404	47.9%	1,614	10.4%	350
Taylor	34.8%	2,897	54.9%	4,573	10.4%	865
Todd	42.4%	1,744	46.4%	1,912	11.2%	462
Trigg	46.7%	2,087	44.1%	1,975	9.2%	412
Trimble	48.5%	1,245	38.9%	999	12.6%	324
Union	57.3%	2,913	30.6%	1,554	12.1%	617
Warren	39.6%	11,642	53.7%	15,784	6.7%	1,980
Washington	39.4%	1,639	50.9%	2,116	9.8%	406
Wayne	40.0%	2,422	51.6%	3,122	8.4%	511
Webster	55.9%	2,852	30.7%	1,568	13.4%	682
Whitley	39.1%	4,174	50.6%	5,402	10.3%	1,104
Wolfe	56.5%	1,297	33.6%	772	9.9%	228
Woodford	43.6%	3,910	47.6%	4,270	8.9%	797

See also

• United States Senate election in Kentucky, 1996