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%. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform Party of the United States of America-TX) finished in third, with 8.67% of the popular vote.[1] Kentucky has not been a competitive state since then. The margins of victory for the Republican Party in the 21st century has only increased, with few exceptions.
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.
Results
| United States presidential election in Kentucky, 1996 | ||||||
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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 | ||
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 |
References
- Dave Leip's Atlas of United States Presidential Election Results - 1996 Kentucky Results
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=21&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0
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