1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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.
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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 content 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 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. Clinton became the first ever Democrat to win the White House without carrying Owen or Robertson Counties, as well as the first to do so without carrying Todd County since James Buchanan in 1856, the first to do so without carrying Barren, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Daviess, Fleming, Hart, Larue, Mason, Metcalfe, or Spencer Counties since John F. Kennedy in 1960, and the first to do so without carrying Crittenden County since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964.
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. This was the first time since 1952 that the state voted Democratic in consecutive elections.
Results
| 1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky | ||||||
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| 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 | William Jefferson Clinton[2] Democratic |
Robert Joseph Dole[2] Republican |
Henry 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 | 13.84% | 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 | -11.62% | 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 | -15.00% | 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 | 16.03% | 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 | -36.44% | 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 | -33.85% | 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 | 43.52% | 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 | -8.40% | 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 | -6.05% | 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 | 8.08% | 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 | 10.48% | 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 | -2.15% | 4,658 |
| Laurel | 4,306 | 28.54% | 9,454 | 62.65% | 1,211 | 8.03% | 119 | 0.79% | -5,148 | -34.12% | 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 | -11.06% | 2,522 |
| Leslie | 1,466 | 35.84% | 2,296 | 56.14% | 304 | 7.43% | 24 | 0.59% | -830 | -20.29% | 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 | 3.33% | 8,807 |
| Lyon | 1,641 | 55.89% | 999 | 34.03% | 284 | 9.67% | 12 | 0.41% | 642 | 21.87% | 2,936 |
| Madison | 8,142 | 42.62% | 9,212 | 48.23% | 1,613 | 8.44% | 135 | 0.71% | -1,070 | -5.60% | 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 | 5.07% | 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 | 12.96% | 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 | -1.17% | 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 | -45.06% | 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 | 10.93% | 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 | -6.24% | 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 | 2.50% | 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 | 22.86% | 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
References
- "1996 Presidential General Election Results - Kentucky". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Elections.
- "KY US Presidential Race, November 05, 1996". Our Campaigns.
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