1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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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.

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1996 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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November 5, 1996
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Turnout59.3%[1]
 
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%
President before election

Bill Clinton
Democratic

 Elected President

Bill Clinton
Democratic

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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 contest in the entire election. Billionaire businessman Ross Perot (Reform-TX) finished in third, with 8.67% of the popular vote.[2]

As of the 2024 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.

Until this election a swing state, Kentucky has been carried by Republicans by double-digits in every subsequent election, and the party's margin of victory has almost exclusively increased in the 21st century, making this a last time it was regarded as a swing state by some outlets.

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Results

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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
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Results by county

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County Bill Clinton[3]
Democratic		 Bob Dole[3]
Republican		 Ross Perot[3]
Reform		 Various candidates[3]
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
Total636,61445.84%623,28344.88%120,3968.67%8,4150.61%13,3310.96%1,388,708
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Clinton won four of six districts, including three which elected Republicans, while the other two were won by Dole.[4]

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District Clinton Dole Perot Representative
1st 47% 43% 10% Ed Whitfield
2nd 41% 49% 10% Ron Lewis
3rd 53% 40% 7% Mike Ward
Anne Northup
4th 41% 50% 9% Jim Bunning
5th 47% 44% 9% Hal Rogers
6th 46.4% 45.5% 8% Scotty Baesler
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